Revista NEWSWEEK
Christopher COLUMBUS SPECIAL ISSUE
Fall/Winter 1991
When Two Worlds Collide
The true story of Christopher Columbus is not the encounter of the Old World with the New; it is the story of how two old worlds were linked and made one. Columbus's voyages changed the ethnic composition of two continents, revolutionized the world's diet and altered the global environment. His legacy is the "Columbian Exchange": the crucial intermingling of peoples, animals, plants and diseases between Europe, Africa and the Americas. The editors of NEWSWEEK and invited scholars are pleased to bring you the fruits of their collaboration.
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WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Celebrate it or bemoan it: the encounter between East and West had vast consequences that are still unfolding today.
By Kenneth Auchincloss
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THE WORLD BEFORE COLUMBUS / THE FIRST AMERICANS
If humans first crossed the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago, who built the 40,000-year-old sites that are scattered from the hills of Pennsylvania to the tip of Chile?
By Sharon Begley
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THE LOST WORLDS OF ANCIENT AMERICA
The New World was hardly new. Civilizations had thrived here long before Columbus arrived. By Melinda Beck
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COLUMBUS AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED / WHO WAS COLUMBUS?
The Admiral of the Ocean Sea is a tricky man to pin down.
By David Gates
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MY TURN : I WON'T BE CELEBRATING COLUMBUS DAY For Native people, it is time for 500 years of suffering to come to an end.
By Suzan Shown Harjo