<P> Horses returned to the Americas thousands of years later , well after domestication of the horse , beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1493 . These were Iberian horses first brought to Hispaniola and later to Panama , Mexico , Brazil , Peru , Argentina , and , in 1538 , Florida . The first horses to return to the main continent were 16 specifically identified horses brought by Hernán Cortés in 1519 . Subsequent explorers , such as Coronado and De Soto brought ever - larger numbers , some from Spain and others from breeding establishments set up by the Spanish in the Caribbean . </P>
<P> Horses returned to the Americas thousands of years later , well after domestication of the horse , beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1493 . These were Iberian horses first brought to Hispaniola and later to Panama , Mexico , Brazil , Peru , Argentina , and , in 1538 , Florida . The first horses to return to the main continent were 16 specifically identified horses brought by Hernán Cortés in 1519 . Subsequent explorers , such as Coronado and De Soto brought ever - larger numbers , some from Spain and others from breeding establishments set up by the Spanish in the Caribbean . </P>
when were horses introduced to the united states
when were horses introduced to the united states
1538
1538