1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (Mann, 2011)
1492 · Resource
Mann's follow-up traces how the Columbian Exchange globalised plants, animals, and microbes — reshaping every continent's ecology and economy.
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Around 1492
- The Reformation (1517)
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)