• Force_majeure123
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    6 months ago

    Small pox wiping out native Americans/south Americans when the first arrivals from Europe came over?

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      6 months ago

      Fun fact. Germany initially tried to establish a colony in Venezuela but it failed, one of the reasons being many settlers mostly got wiped out by tropical diseases.