Answer: Europeans first arrived in Latin America during the late 1400s.
Explanation: Christopher Columbus left Spain in 1492 in order to find a closer route to reach India. His expedition was financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain after Christopher Columbus promised them to give them all the wealth that he secures from the expedition and tell them the closest route to India which would enable them to do trade with India. Christopher Columbus left on a westward journey. He first reached the island of present-day Cuba and then reached the coasts of Latin America. He had a crew consisting of a few other people boarded on three different ships. Thus, it can be said that the arrival of Europeans in Latin America first happened in the late 1400s.