Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the “Columbian exchange,” much ...

Alfred W. Crosby, a historian who illuminated the wide-ranging, oft-forgotten role the environment has played in human history — particularly in what he dubbed the “Columbian exchange,” when diseases, ...

I recently spent a week on the beach in Florida and had the pleasure to read two fascinating books by Charles C. Mann. The first was “1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus.” The second ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professor emeritus John Demos the exchange of agricultural products that occurred after the 1492 European visit to the Americas. Professor emeritus ...