HIST1083 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: The Columbian Exchange, Columbian Exchange, Corn Syrup
Lecture 10.18.16
Module 4 Discussion Thursday
Modern 4 Quiz Tuesday
• The Columbian Exchange – exchanges that occurred thoughout the world after the discovery of
the Americas
o Fauna
o Disease
• In the past…
o Before 1492, Americas isolated from the rest of the world
o Age of Disoery reated ne ridge eteen Old & Ne Worlds
o Native American population decimated
o Americas plugged into global exchange network
o Foundation of gloal in plae
• Columbian exchange
o Transfer of plants, animals, people, culture between Old World and New
o Consequences of Age of Exploration
o Diversity destroys diversity
o Still paying the price in 2015
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• Americas exported corn, tomatoes, peanuts, potatoes, beans, vanilla, turkeys, tobacco, rubber,
etc.
• Europe, Asia, and Africa exported onions, olives, turnips, peaches, citrus fruits (apples, bananas,
mango), wheat, rice, livestock, cattle, disease, grains, etc.
• Tomato, Potato
o First tomatoes in Europe were golden, not red
o Slow acceptance of new foods because people were weary
o Nutritional value of the potato→taken form Americas by Spain and was being cultivated
in Spain→one of the most productive foods per square foot, could survive in a lot of
climate changes→staple in diet
• Corn
o Man-made and bioengineering→Native Americans essentially engineered this by cross
breeding it
o Teosinte→closest natural thing to corn
o Non-shattering, edible, farmable teosinte (corn) was created by repeatedly
crossbreeding teosinte with Easter Gamagrass
o Livestock feed, ethanol, corn syrup
o Europeans gave it to their animals first then ate it themselves
▪ Affectively had a whole new supply of food to give to animals to expand
population of livestock→created more meat, etc.
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