| | Amazon.ca: The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492: Books |
 | | Perhaps the most interesting exchange that Crosby delineates is the consequence of the introduction of Old World pathogens--like smallpox, measles, diptheria, pneumonia, typhus and various other epidemics--among the non-resistant peoples native to the Americas. |
| | Southeast Asian sugar, 'discovered' by Crusaders in the Holy Land, was grown on Caribbean plantations by African slave labor and combined with cacao from the Americas. |
| | The Columbian Exchange focuses on the negative aspects of European exploration and exploitation of the Americas. |
| www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0837158214 (2077 words) |
