1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created
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New York : Vintage Books, 2012.
Edition
First Vintage books edition.
Physical Desc
xxx, 690 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle - Adult Non-fiction Collection | 909.4 MANN | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2012.
Format
Book
Edition
First Vintage books edition.
Language
English
Notes
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Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [527]-659) and index.
Description
"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. As Charles Mann shows, this global ecological tumult--the "Columbian Exchange"--Underlies much of subsequent human history. Presenting the latest generation of research by scientists, Mann shows how the creation of this worldwide network of exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Manila and Mexico City-- where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted--the center of the world. ...An eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its authority and fascination"--,Provided by publisher.
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Mann, C. C. (2012). 1493: uncovering the new world Columbus created (First Vintage books edition.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mann, Charles C.. 2012. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mann, Charles C.. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Vintage Books, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mann, Charles C.. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created First Vintage books edition., Vintage Books, 2012.
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