FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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He invented the term
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He was an expert on New World species
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His ship was nicknamed the Columbian Exchange
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His voyages marked the Exchange’s beginning
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Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World. The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic is known as the Columbian Exchange.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is named after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and is related to the European colonization and global trade following his 1492 voyage. Some of the exchanges were purposeful; some were accidental or unintended.
Detailed explanation-3: -The exchange began in the aftermath of Christopher Columbus’ voyages in 1492, later accelerating with the European colonization of the Americas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christo pher Columbus in 1492.