It is believed that Spanish sailors returning from the Americas brought the first potatoes back to Europe some years before the end of the 16th century.
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If you mean the potato blight, it began in 1845 and recurred throughout the 1840's. Michael Montagne
Potatoes are native to the New World, specifically the Americas, and were brought to Europe from there by the Spanish. Is that your question? If your question is about potato famines, the best-known and most drastic and far-reaching was the Irish Potato Famine, between 1845 and 1852. It was caused by a disease known as potato blight, or late blight, which affected potato crops all over Europe. It is generally considered the blight had such a devastating effect because only a very few varieties of potatoes were brought to Europe from the New World and so those farmed in Europe had no real resistance to the disease, which spread rapidly as a result.
Potatoes were brought back to Ireland and the rest of Europe from the "New World", South America, upon their discovery by European explorers. Potatoes were not found anywhere in Europe, Asia or Africa until they were imported. Ireland became dependent on potatoes after their importation to Europe largely because it was a poor country and potatoes grow quickly and easily in many different climates.
From Spanish patata, although the Spanish probably got the word from South American languages. In fact, the Spanish themselves consider patata to be a compound of the Taino batata(sweet potato) and the Quechua papa(potato).
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He sailed for Spain. And brought the Potato to Europe. His greatest achievement was the conquering the Inca empire. He died in Lima Peru after multiple stab wounds.
The potato was transported to Europe by the Spanish explorers.
Only very few varieties of potato were brought to Europe from the New World and so the potatoes cultivated in Europe weren't sufficiently robust to offer strong resistance to diseases, since they lacked genetic diversity. The European potato was, therefore, unable to fight the potato blight, or late blight, and many crops were destroyed. The impact was most felt in Ireland, which had become highly dependent on potatoes: the country lost about a quarter of its population.
Sir Walter Raleigh brought the potato back to England alongside Tobacco.
Potato chips were invented in New York state in 1853, but have spread to Europe, especially Britain and Germany. You can check some of the kinds out at : http://www.world-of-potato-chips.com
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The Spanish brought guinea pigs from their colonies in South America to Europe.