The Columbian Exchange : Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492

List of Illustrations ix Foreword by J. R. McNeill xi Preface to the 2003 Edition xvii Foreword by Otto von Mering xxiii Preface to the 1972 Edition xxv 1 The Contrasts 3(32) 2 Conquistador y Pestilencia 35(29) 3 Old World Plants and Animals in the New World 64(58) 4 The Early History of Syphilis: A Reappraisal 122(43) 5 New World Foods and Old World Demography 165(43) 6 The Columbian Exchange Continues 208(14) Bibliography 222(39) Bibliography to the 2003 Edition 261(16) Index 277