South america history

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South America is the fourth largest continent on Earth, home to more than 420 million people. The continent consists of 12 separate countries.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the islands that are now called the West Indies, in the Caribbean. There, he encountered the Taino people . They lived in villages and grew corn, yams, and cotton, which they wove into cloth and were friendly toward the Spanish. Spanish conquistadors or conquerors followed Columbus and settled in the islands of Hispaniola.