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History and Origin of Pineapple by anahata2014 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The pineapple is indigenous to South America and was spread throughout the region by indigenous peoples. Christopher Columbus encountered pineapples in 1493 in the Caribbean and brought them back to Europe, making it the first bromeliad to leave the Americas. The Spanish introduced pineapples to other parts of the world like the Philippines and Hawaii. Large-scale pineapple cultivation began in Hawaii in the early 1900s led by industrialists like James Dole. Today, Dole and Maui Pineapple Company are the la
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