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Crosby, Alfred W. – 1989
Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492 and opened a period of extensive exchange between the Old and New Worlds. His greatest impact on the New World has been the one to which the least attention has been paid: his biological impact. For millions of years the biotas of the Old and New Worlds developed independently, divergently. The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Animals, Diseases
Download full textCrosby, Alfred W.; Nader, Helen – 1989
The far-reaching and transforming interactions of the Old World and the New are known today as "the Columbian Exchange." Part 1 of this booklet is an introduction by John J. Patrick dealing with teaching about the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Part 2, "Columbus and Ecological Imperialism," by Alfred W. Crosby, provides an…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Animals, Biographies
