1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, by Charles Mann
Context with Brad Harris
English - August 20, 2018 08:00 - 38 minutes - 58.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 440 ratingsHistory Education history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1493, Charles Mann shows us how Europeans emerged at the center of a modern, globalized world by establishing the Columbian Exchange; a system they created but could not control, and with consequences none of them could imagine.
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