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1493: How Europe´s Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth
Charles C. Mann
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Description for 1493: How Europe´s Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth
Paperback. A sweeping, hugely readable account of history's biggest ecological invasion, when Europe and the Americas collided for the first time in millennia. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 490.
Two hundred million years ago the earth consisted of a single vast continent, Pangea, surrounded by a great planetary sea. Continental drift tore apart Pangaea, and for millennia the hemispheres were separate, evolving almost entirely different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's arrival in the Americas brought together these long-separate worlds. Many historians believe that this collision of ecosystems and cultures - the Columbian Exchange - was the most consequential event in human history since the Neolithic Revolution. And it was the most consequential event in biological history since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Beginning with the world ... Read more
Two hundred million years ago the earth consisted of a single vast continent, Pangea, surrounded by a great planetary sea. Continental drift tore apart Pangaea, and for millennia the hemispheres were separate, evolving almost entirely different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's arrival in the Americas brought together these long-separate worlds. Many historians believe that this collision of ecosystems and cultures - the Columbian Exchange - was the most consequential event in human history since the Neolithic Revolution. And it was the most consequential event in biological history since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Beginning with the world ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847082459
SKU
V9781847082459
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About Charles C. Mann
Charles Mann is the co-author of four books, including The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th Century Physics and the bestselling 1491 (2005/6). He is the correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and Science magazines, and editorial co-ordinator for the internationally best-selling Material World books. He lives in Massachusetts.
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