The Columbian Exchange in the Andes

Historical period

โš  A DIRECTION ROW, AND THE ANDES ARE MOSTLY THE SOURCE. FROM here: the POTATO, domesticated near Lake Titicaca and now a staple on every continent; tomato and capsicum from the wider Americas; quinoa, oca, olluco, mashua, kiwicha, lucuma, cherimoya, pepino, tarwi; peanut; and the guinea pig and camelids. TO here: wheat, barley, rice, sugarcane, grapes, olives, citrus, onions, garlic, carrots, broad beans, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens. Also from Africa via the Atlantic trade: plantain and some yams. โš  Beef in a lomo saltado, rice under a ceviche, and the wheat in a salteรฑa are all introductions.

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What is recorded

  • The potato, tomato, capsicum, quinoa, oca, olluco, mashua, kiwicha, lucuma, cherimoya, peanut, guinea pig and camelids are American in origin, the potato domesticated in the Andes. Wheat, barley, rice, sugarcane, grapes, olives, citrus, onions, garlic, broad beans, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens are introductions, as are plantain and some yams via the Atlantic trade. documented

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