Where continents were land bordered, such as North America and South America,
then connections could be accomplished by horses, walking and cats pulled by oxen.
When the continents are oceans apart, such as Europe and North America then sea travel by ships were the only way possible in the 1500's.
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Where continents were land bordered, such as North America and South America, then connections could be accomplished by horses, walking and cats pulled by oxen. When the continents are oceans apart, such as Europe and North America then sea travel by ships were the only way possible in the 1500's.
There was no fast way in the 1500's. Communication was face to face at its best. Sometimes a letter would reach a person, but it took a long time. Imagine you move away from your home area. It was possible that from that point you would never see or talk to the family that you left behind.
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There have been many forms of humans on the planet over the last at least 400,000 years. The human race that now lives on the earth (homo sapiens) developed some 200,000 years ago.It took quite a while before they had spread over all the continents on the planet. They started spreading over the continents some 70,000 years ago and they finished spreading to all the continents some 15,000 years ago.
There is no answer, different parts of it were settled at different times by different people.