In the 15th century, Europeans knew nothing of the chilli pepper, but they held black pepper in high regard and had used it in cooking ________ Greek and Roman times. Ships travelling east brought the black pepper from the Spice Islands in South East Asia but this _________ a long time. In 1492, Christopher Colombus was asked to find a shorter route to the Spice Islands, going westwards ________ than eastwards, and so he set ________ from Spain across the Atlantic Oceaan.

Columbus didn't succeed _______ finding the Spice Islands but he _______ manage to discover the Americas. There he _______ across another pepper, the chilli, which had been used in cooking in South America for thousands of years. Soon _______ Columbus's discovery, large quantities of chillies were being shipped back to Spain from the Caribbean. Later, people realised that chillies would actually grow in southern Europe and it wasn't long before fresh chillies were _______ sale in European markets.
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