Chocolate

By Isabel2008
  • 1500 BCE

    Ancient Mesoamerica

    The cacao beans were then cultivated and consumed by pre-Hispanic cultures in Mesoamerica, including the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs from 2000-1000 BC, it was a drink and currency
  • 1502

    1502

    Christopher Columbus, on his fourth voyage landed in what is now Nicaragua and encountered cocoa beans, but showed no interest in the crop.
  • 1519

    1519

    Hernán Cortés, leader of an expedition to the Aztec empire, brought chocolate back to Spain, marking its arrival in Europe.

  • The discovery of the cacao bean

    In 3500 BC, the cacao bean was discovered by the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in present-day southeast Ecuador.