Columbian Exchange (dec 12, 1500 – sep 12, 1600)
Description:
transfer of goods between the old world and the new. The Old World gave wheat, sugar, coffee, rise, livestock, and disease to the New. From Africa came slave labor. To the Old World, the New would send precious metals, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, beans, vanilla, chocolate, and syphilis.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 12, 1500
sep 12, 1600
~ 99 years