Alfred W. Crosby, a historian who illuminated the wide-ranging, oft-forgotten role the environment has played in human history — particularly in what he dubbed the “Columbian exchange,” when ...

Professor emeritus John Demos explained the Columbian Exchange that occurred after the 1492 European visit to the Americas. He described the biological, cultural and environmental effects of ...

The so-called "Columbian Exchange" that occurred in the immediate aftermath of European explorations of the Americas resulted in vast and rapid shifts in the material cultures of Asia. I am seeking to ...

Mann covered all aspects of what is called the “Columbian Exchange,” which is the movement of plants, seeds and animals from one part of the world to another part. It also includes the transfer of ...

The Columbian Exchange followed the successful voyage to the Americas by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, which paved the way for the colonisation of the Americas by many European ...

Maize or “Indian corn,” for example, was first domesticated in southern Mexico some 9,000 years ago, and over the next several millennia spread throughout most of pre-Columbian America.