The potato or potato was cultivated for the first time between the years 8000 and 5000 a. In a region that would comprise what is now southern Peru, northwestern Bolivia and the southern Andes, and the highlands of Chile, it has since spread throughout the world and has become a food basic in the vast majority of countries of the globe.
On May 23, 1493 began the history of the horse in America with a letter from the Catholic Monarchs, who ordered the shipment to the New World of 20 horses and five selected mares in the kingdom of Granada. These horses arrived in America thanks to Christopher Columbus who, on his second trip, took them with him.
