The Columbian Exchange involved the widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World following Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492. Key crops such as potatoes, tomatoes, maize, and manioc moved from the Americas to the Old World, while horses, cattle, wheat and sugar cane were brought to the Americas. This massive exchange of goods and organisms between hemispheres had far-reaching effects on global development, trade, and ecology.
The Columbian Exchange involved the widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World following Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492. Key crops such as potatoes, tomatoes, maize, and manioc moved from the Americas to the Old World, while horses, cattle, wheat and sugar cane were brought to the Americas. This massive exchange of goods and organisms between hemispheres had far-reaching effects on global development, trade, and ecology.
The Columbian Exchange involved the widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World following Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492. Key crops such as potatoes, tomatoes, maize, and manioc moved from the Americas to the Old World, while horses, cattle, wheat and sugar cane were brought to the Americas. This massive exchange of goods and organisms between hemispheres had far-reaching effects on global development, trade, and ecology.