![]() Presenting the latest generation of research by scientists, Mann shows how the creation of this worldwide network of exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Manila and Mexico City- where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted-the center of the world. ![]() As Charles Mann shows, this global ecological tumult-the "Columbian Exchange"-underlies much of subsequent human history. Columbus's voyages brought them back together-and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. 1493 is a very persuasive novel because it mentions the remarkable historical finding of America. ![]() ![]() "From the author of 1491-the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas-a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. Mann’s novel, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created is a novel that goes in depth about how Columbus contributed to establishing the New World. ![]()
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