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“Because There Were No Horses”: The Colombian Exchange and Transporting Horses Across the Pacific

Discussion of the Trans-Pacific aspect of the Columbian Exchange.

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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“Because There Were No Horses”: The Colombian Exchange and Transporting Horses Across the Pacific
From page 81 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description
From page 81 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description

We often think of the Columbian Exchange as items moving across the Atlantic between the Americas and Afroeurasia. Most maps of the exchange have arrows moving across the Atlantic, but the Columbian Exchange also involved movement across the Pacific.

The Columbian Exchange. Source: Carter & Warren, Forging the Modern World.
The Columbian Exchange. Source: Carter & Warren, Forging the Modern World.

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