1493 - How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth (Paperback)

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 of microbes and moving up the species ladder to mankind, Mann rivetingly describes the profound effect this exchanging of species had on the culture of both continents.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Authors:	Charles C Mann
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	690
ISBN-13:	978-1-84708-245-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
LSN:	1-84708-245-9
Barcode:	9781847082459

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