Columbian Exchange

Proper noun

Meaning

the Columbian Exchange (uncountable)

The widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage.

Columbian exchange

Alternative letter-case form of Columbian Exchange

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

Grand Exchange

Examples

Alfred W. Crosby, The Columbian Exchange, Westport, 1972, pp. 39, 45,47. Source: Internet

Barnston is describing a trade that forms part of what is called the Columbian Exchange. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Columbia-Wenatchi columbiad columbian Columbian ground squirrel columbian ground squirrels columbian mammoth