The Columbian Exchange between the Americas and Europe
Words: 1273 Pages: 4 4843The Columbian Exchange refers to the two-way exchange of people, flora & fauna, products, and pathogens that occurred between the New World of the Americas and the Old World of Europe, Africa, and Asia following discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Benefits and losses occurred on both sides of the Atlantic with far reaching effects. People migrated to the New World, bringing with them a collection of widely useful animals. However, they also brought with them diseases […]