Introduction
About 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus led a voyage in which the world was forever changed. The legacy of the fateful voyage continues to shape the post-Columbian world to this very day in profound effects, both positive and negative.
You are a researcher given the task to provide the background information for a book about how the Columbian Exchanged impacted the modern world. You are not to hold back, the changes are both positive and negative for the people of Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
These changes include but are not limited to social and cultural changes due to increased contact between people, dietary changes due to the exchange of food, both plants and animals, medical changes due to both diseases and new drugs introduced to societies, and new technologies that influence how the people live.
You are a researcher given the task to provide the background information for a book about how the Columbian Exchanged impacted the modern world. You are not to hold back, the changes are both positive and negative for the people of Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
These changes include but are not limited to social and cultural changes due to increased contact between people, dietary changes due to the exchange of food, both plants and animals, medical changes due to both diseases and new drugs introduced to societies, and new technologies that influence how the people live.
Voyages of Columbus
Columbus made four voyages to the New World. In each, he took a southerly route to America, and a northern route back to Europe. Why do you believe that he did this? Was this luck, a random act of fate, or was there relevant information that Columbus must have known in order to make successful ventures to the Americas?