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What were the exchanges of native plants and animals between old world and new world?
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∙ 15y ago
It was named after Christopher Columbus and was deemed to have started after his first voyage.
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∙ 15y agoThrough trade (intentionally and accidentally) many species were carried across the Atlantic Ocean. Some of the old world species have naturalized in North America. Pigeons, Lesser Trefoil (a type of clover), Horses, Wheat, Rice, Wild Boars, and Queen Anne's Lace are just a few examples. Potatoes were introduced to Europe from North America and quickly became a staple crop. If one were to make a catalog of all inter-continental movement of plants and animals it would be a very long list.
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∙ 12y agoThe physical isolation between the eastern and western hemispheres, plants and animals had developed in very different ways. As a result, before contact with the americans Europeans had never known foods like potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, or turkeys. People in the Americans had not known coffee, Oranges, rice, wheat, sheep, or cattle
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∙ 6y agoIt was named after Christopher Columbus and was deemed to have started after his first voyage.
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