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COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGESections & Media
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COLUMBIAN EXCHANGESections & MediaHomeSciencePlantsColumbian Exchange
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGESections & MediaHomeSciencePlantsColumbian Exchangeecology
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COLUMBIAN EXCHANGESections & MediaHomeSciencePlantsColumbian ExchangeecologyCite Share MoreBY J.R. McNeill View Edit History
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGESections & MediaHomeSciencePlantsColumbian ExchangeecologyCite Share MoreBY J.R. McNeill View Edit HistoryFULL ARTICLE
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGESections & MediaHomeSciencePlantsColumbian ExchangeecologyCite Share MoreBY J.R. McNeill View Edit HistoryFULL ARTICLEColumbian Exchange, the largest part of a more general process of biological globalization that followed the transoceanic voyaging of the 15th and 16th centuries. Ecological provinces that had been torn apart by continental drift millions of years ago were suddenly reunited by oceanic shipping, particularly in the wake of Christopher Columbus’s voyages that began in 1492. The consequences profoundly shaped world history in the ensuing centuries, most obviously in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. The phrase “the Columbian Exchange” is taken from the title of Alfred W. Crosby’s 1972 book, which divided the exchange into three categories: diseases, animals, and plants.
