1493 Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history of 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 halve...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mann, Charles C.
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2011.
Subjects:
Online Access:Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000nam a2200000Ka 4500
001 ODN0000534233
005 20180731123000.0
006 m o d
007 cr cn unuuu
008 120627s2011 nyu s 000 0 eng d
020 |a 9780307596727  |q (electronic bk) 
037 |a 4722AD41-ED86-485E-A698-965EBD53F2E6  |b OverDrive, Inc.  |n http://www.overdrive.com 
040 |a TEFOD  |c TEFOD 
100 1 |a Mann, Charles C. 
245 1 0 |a 1493  |h [eBook] :  |b Uncovering the New World Columbus Created /  |c Charles C Mann. 
260 |c 2011. 
300 |a 1 online resource. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history of 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 radically different suites of plants and animals. When Christopher Columbus set foot in the Americas, he ended that separation at a stroke. Driven by the economic goal of establishing trade with China, he accidentally set off an ecological convulsion as European vessels carried thousands of species to new homes across the oceans. The Columbian Exchange, as researchers call it, is the reason there are tomatoes in Italy, oranges in Florida, chocolates in Switzerland, and chili peppers in Thailand. More important, creatures the colonists knew nothing about hitched along for the ride. Earthworms, mosquitoes, and cockroaches;... 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b New York :  |c Vintage,  |d 2011. 
538 |a Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 13476 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). 
655 7 |a Electronic books.  |2 local 
776 1 |c Original  |z 0307265722 
856 7 8 |u http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=288&titleID=534233  |y Go to Downloadable eBook Here. 
999 |a 363807