Contagion?
Colombian exchange
Diseases
A negative product of the Columbian Exchange was the transfer of diseases
The Columbian Exchange is called a tsunami of biological exchange because of the profound impact it had on the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres after Columbus's voyages. Like a tsunami, it brought about widespread and irreversible changes to the ecological and cultural landscapes on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Columbian Exchange
The term for the exchange of goods, including diseases, between the Old World and the New World is called the "Columbian Exchange." This phenomenon began after Christopher Columbus's voyages in the late 15th century and involved the transfer of various plants, animals, and pathogens, significantly impacting both sides. The exchange led to dramatic demographic and ecological changes, including the introduction of diseases like smallpox to the indigenous populations of the Americas.
The Columbian exchange
The Columbian exchange
Slavery and communicable diseases are two negative effects of the Columbian exchange.
The era where many plants, animals, diseases, and people were exchanged between the Old World and New World was called the Columbian Exchange.
It can be argued that the primary negative aspect of the Exchange was disease propagation. Smallpox and other old world diseases west, and (it has been argued but not proven) syphilis and other venereal diseases east.
The 4 goods and diseases brought to Europe during the Colombian Exchange included tomatoes, maize, potatoes, livestock, while the diseases included sickle cell anemia, Measles, smallpox, and Yellow fever.