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1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created
Title:
1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created
ISBN:
9780307913760
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Books on Tape, p2011.
Physical Description:
14 sound discs (17 hr., 47 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact discs.
Contents:
In the Homogenocene. Two monuments -- Atlantic journeys. The tobacco coast ; Evil air -- Pacific journeys. Shiploads of money (Silk for silver, part one) -- Lovesick grass, foreign tubers, and jade rice (Silk for silver, part two) -- Europe in the world. The agro-industrial complex ; Black gold -- Africa in the world. Crazy soup ; Forest of fugitives -- Currents of life. In Bulalacao.
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Summary:
From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas.
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