1493: How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology & Life on Earth by Charles C. Mann

1493: How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology & Life on Earth

Charles C. Mann

690 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced

Description

This is an account of history's biggest ecological invasion, when Europe and the Americas collided for the first time in millennia. The book explores how many historians believe that this collision of ecosystems and cultures - the Columbian Exchan...

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