Columbian Exchange Diseases Deaths. Typhus was spread from the old world to the new world. Secondly the deaths that were caused by the transfer of diseases through the columbian exchange.
This happened after columbus landed in america in 1492. We learned that diseases spread and contributed to the a massive number of deaths. Columbian exchange is a term coined by alfred w.
The catastrophic epidemics that accompanied the european conquest of.
This exchange would be called the 'columbian exchange' by historian alfred crosby. This happened after columbus landed in america in 1492. Disease was a major part of the columbian exchange for a number of reasons. Crosby in his revolutionary book the columbian exchange which was published in 1972.
