Documentary series on Christopher Columbus to mark the 500th anniversary of his landing in the Americas in 1492. The Columbian Exchange
Both the New World and the Old World have been changed beyond recognition by the animals and plants that
Columbus and his successors carried across the Atlantic.
The horse totally transformed the North American Indians' way of life; cattle created the cowboy culture in both North and South America; the South
American potato made possible a huge boom in Europe's population; and sugar brought both wealth and slavery to Cuba, Jamaica and other
Caribbean countries. Presented by Mauricio Obregon. Producer Graham Chedd 0STEREO
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