And if we're extrapolating like that, the Spanish originally vested their horsemanship via an influx of horses from Africa and Asia. But the cowboys of the American west are a direct product of the Mexican Vaqueros. It's not misinformation, just a short rein on degrees of separation.
It’s a very simple extrapolation. The Spanish brought mounted herding to the Americas and became and taught the locals how to do it. They are directly responsible for the existence of the “western cowboy”.
I guess there is only one way to do something...ever.
Just because there is an origin for something, doesn't mean it would not have naturally occurred anyway, or wasn't original in its own way. The land and requirements to survive dictate alot. This is like saying cavemen were the first to kill animals to survive and assigning all credit to them.
You know what the Spanish that lived in the Americas are called? Mexicans. Leaving out some nuance that's ultimately irrelevant, because there is nothing exactly like what we think of as vaqueros or cowboys in Europe.
Thats not true. The Spanish that bred with the aztecs, mayans and other natives became Mexicans. A Spainaird doesn’t automatically become Mexican when in the Americas. WTF
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Yup