by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 6, 2012 | 1491, Alvin Josephy, American West Magazine, beaver hats, Charles Mann, Columbian Exchange, fur trade, fur traders, Hudson’s Bay Company, Louisiana Purchase, Plymouth colony, smallpox
Sometimes you read something or hear something or something happens that changes how you look at the world. For me, reading Charles Mann’s 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus, and thinking about world history in terms of the “Columbian Exchange” did...
