<P> Spanish and Portuguese exploration and conquest in the fifteenth century carried sugar south - west of Iberia . Henry the Navigator introduced cane to Madeira in 1425 , while the Spanish , having eventually subdued the Canary Islands , introduced sugar cane to them . In 1493 , on his second voyage , Christopher Columbus carried sugarcane seedlings to the New World , in particular Hispaniola . </P>
<P> Spanish and Portuguese exploration and conquest in the fifteenth century carried sugar south - west of Iberia . Henry the Navigator introduced cane to Madeira in 1425 , while the Spanish , having eventually subdued the Canary Islands , introduced sugar cane to them . In 1493 , on his second voyage , Christopher Columbus carried sugarcane seedlings to the New World , in particular Hispaniola . </P>
when did sugar come to the united states
when did sugar come to the united states
1493
1493