The European voyages of exploration created a global economy through the sea trade called The Colombian Exchange (named after Christopher Columbus). The routes of the Colombian Exchange linked the continents of the Old World and the New World through existing seat trade routes that had been established in earlier times.
The Colombian Exchange transported many agricultural products that increased the variety of food and enhance the nutrition of the diets of people in many parts of the world. Agricultural products and domesticated animals flowed through the Colombian Exchange in the following ways:
The Colombian Exchange transported many agricultural products that increased the variety of food and enhance the nutrition of the diets of people in many parts of the world. Agricultural products and domesticated animals flowed through the Colombian Exchange in the following ways:
- From Europe to the Americas, domesticated animals such as horses, pigs, and cows were transported. Crops such as wheat, melons and grapes also followed the path
- From the Americas to Europe agricultural products such as maize, potatoes, tobacco, and chocolate were transported.