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1493 uncovering the new world Columbus created

Mann offers a new scientific explanation of the Columbian Exchange of 1493--when Christopher Columbus came to America, bringing thousands of species to new homes across the ocean.

Main Author: Mann, Charles C.
Corporate Author: Random House Audio Publishing., Recorded Books, LLC.
Other Authors: Dean, Robertson. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York : Prince Frederick, MD : Random House Audio ; Distributed by Recorded Books, p2011.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Columbus, Christopher > Influence.
History, Modern.
Economic history.
Commerce > History.
Agriculture > History.
Ecology > History.
Industrial revolution.
Slave trade > History.
America > Discovery and exploration > Economic aspects.
America > Discovery and exploration > Environmental aspects.
Audiobooks.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
Summary: Mann offers a new scientific explanation of the Columbian Exchange of 1493--when Christopher Columbus came to America, bringing thousands of species to new homes across the ocean.
Item Description: Compact disc.
Title from container.
In container (17 cm.).
Physical Description: 14 sound discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9780307913760
0307913767
Author Notes: Charles C. Mann is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, Science, and Wired. He has also written for Fortune, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, the television network HBO, and the television series Law and Order. He has received writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation.

He has written or co-written several books including The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics, The Aspirin Wars: Money, Medicine, and 100 Years of Rampant Competition, Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species, At Large: The Strange Case of the Internet's Biggest Invasion, and 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created which made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. His book, 1491, won the National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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