Columbus-Father of Globalization 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

摘要

In his outstanding book 1491, journalist/historian Charles C. Mann tells the astonishing story of what the Americas were like before Columbus "discovered the New World" in 1492, when they supported surprisingly sophisticated civilizations populated with tens of millions of people. These societies were in many ways more advanced than those of Europe. Europeans conquered these continents primarily because of the diseases they brought with them, especially smallpox, which quickly wiped out most of the native populations.