The Columbian Exchange had a tremendous impact on the Americas and Europe. Not only did Columbus find more land for Europe to expand on he also found a way to change how foods and crops can thrive on different land. With this remarkable discovery also came disease which first wiped out most of the Indians living in North and South America and then spread back to Europe. I found it interesting that North and South America was so lush and different from what was going on in Europe that they called it being close to the garden of Eden. The Europeans already had animals such as camel, cattle, donkies, fowls, goats, horses, pigs, rabbits and sheep. The new world only had a few animals such as fowls, guinea pigs, raccoons, llamas and turkeys. It
