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Latin America from the first occupation by Europeans to the late 20th century, with an initial consideration of the indigenous and Iberian background. For more-detailed coverage of the area prior to European contact, see pre-Columbian civilizations. For additional information about the European exploration and colonization of Latin America, see colonialism. For information about the individual countries of Central America and South America as well as the Romance-language-speaking Caribbean countries, see specific country articles by name: for Central America, seeBelize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
The correct answer is that water travel is easier than land travel.
But some additional aspects were that during a land travel, a lot of taxes were collected on the way by all the cities throug which one had to pass: and they hoped that water travel would bring the goods in cheaper.
Nicolaus Copernicus rediscovered the heliocentric solar system
