The Columbian Exchange was a time after Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the New World, this is where the new and old world exchanged goods native to those lands. The word “Columbian” in the Columbian exchange comes from Christopher Columbus’s name. Goods like tomatoes and potatoes were a major Export to the Old World. Alternatively, A major import to the New world was Cattle (King, 2016). I was shocked to find out that one of the America’s major source of food is not Native to the lands. The term “Columbian Exchange” came from a historian named Albert Crosby in his book titled “The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492” published in 1972 (Gambino, 2011). The Columbian Exchange was a time for the exchange of produce
