1493
How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth
Two hundred million years ago the earth consisted of a single vast continent, Pangea, surrounded by a great planetary sea. Continental drift tore apart Pangaea, and for millennia the hemispheres were separate, evolving almost entirely different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's arrival in the Americas brought together these long-separate worlds. Many historians believe that this collision of ecosystems and cultures - the Columbian Exchange - was the most consequential event in human history since the Neolithic Revolution. And it was the most consequential event in biological history since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Beginning with…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84708-440-8
- EAN: 9781847084408
- Produktnummer: 35943869
- Verlag: Granta Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 544 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Charles Mann is the co-author of four previous books, including The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics and Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species. He is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and Science magazines, and editorial coordinator for the internationally best-selling Material World books. He lives in Massachusetts.
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