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1400s: Sugarcane cultivation was extended by Italian and Iberian merchants to Atlantic islands such as Madeira and the Canaries.

1400s: Sugarcane cultivation was extended by Italian and Iberian merchants to Atlantic islands such as Madeira and the Canaries. This expansion of the sugar system into the Atlantic served as a precursor to the plantation economies of the Americas.

Source  ·  p. xix Eltis & Richardson, Atlas, xix