EXTRA 43. The Columbian Exchange

The widespread transfer of human populations, plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, technology, diseases, religion, and ideas between North America in the Western Hemisphere, and the Afro-Eurasian Old World in the Eastern Hemisphere is known as the Columbian Exchange. It is named after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and is related to the European colonization and global trade following his 1492 voyage.  Check out the YouTube version of this episode which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams, at: https://youtu.be/-rZVztH5pjY https://youtu.be/oquuTAXW5ms The History of the Americans podcast with Jack Henneman at https://amzn.to/3YuA3Mu  North America History books available at https://amzn.to/3OnczVT    Columbian Exchange books available at https://amzn.to/3WobH5h   ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet  SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you).  Mark Vinet\'s TIMELINE video channel at video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet                                  Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels   Books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.