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Contributions in American Studies: Book 2
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In 1972, Alfred Crosby published a small work that illuminated a simple point, that the most important changes brought on by the voyages of Columbus were not social or political, but biological in nature. The book told the story of how 1492 sparked the movement of organisms, both large and... read more
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- Vazquez De Espinosa
- Lopez De Velasco
- Oviedo
- Pizarro
- Joseph De Acosta
- Hakluytus Posthumus
- Sauer
- Cieza De Leon
- Ulrich Von Hutten
- Cortes
- Guaiacum
- Diaz De Isla
- Jean De Lery
- Adam
- Ferdinand
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- La Plata
- Bernabe Cobo
- Antonio De Herrera
- Dixon
- Jimenez De La Espada
- Fracastor
- Valdes
- Darwin
- Sherburne F. Cook
- Henry Viii
- Charles
- Incas
- Romero
- Gibson
- F. Columbus
- Langer
- Christopher Columbus
Quotes edit
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“The Columbian exchange has left us with not a richer but a more impoverished genetic pool. We, all of the life on this planet, are the less for Columbus, and the impoverishment will increase.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Americas
- Europe
- Mexico
- Africa
- China
- Peru
- New Spain
- India
- Brazil
- Atlantic
- Asia
- West Indies
- United States
- Espanola
- New World
- Caribbean
- Indonesia
- Egypt
- South America
- North America
- Middle East
- Antilles
- Chile
- Italy
- France
- Canada
- Argentina
- Hungary
- Russia
- Japan
- Australia
- Central America
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Venezuela
- Rumania
- Cuba
- Tenochtitlan
- Rio De
- Siberia
- Buenos Aires
- Portugal
- Balkans
- Puerto Rico
First Sentence edit
On the evening of October 11, 1492, Christopher Columbus, on board the Santa Maria in the Atlantic Ocean, thought he saw a tiny light far in the distance.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 17 in Contributions in American Studies. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alfred W. Crosby (Author)
First Edition edit
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Publication Date: 1973
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Page Count: 320
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Publication Date: 1973
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Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E98 .D6 C7
- Dewey: 614.497
Subjects edit
- Books › Reference › Catalogs & Directories › Directories
- Books › History › World › Renaissance
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Ecology
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Biology
- Books › Reference › Dictionaries & Thesauruses › Science
- Books › History › Americas › United States
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical
- Books › Science › Nature & Ecology
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Ecology
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Reference & Collections
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