The Columbian Exchange Quotes
They Said It
| "For the natives, they are neere all dead of Small poxe, so as the Lord hathe cleared our title to what we possess." - John Winthrop, first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony9 |
| "Touching these savages, there is a thing I cannot omit to remark to you, it is that it appears visibly that God wishes that they yield their place to new peoples." - A member of La Salle's Mississippi River expedition, 168210 |
| "The seams of Pangaea were closing, drawn together by the sailmaker's needle. Chickens met kiwis, cattle met kangaroos, Irish met potatoes, Comanches met horses, Incas met smallpox—all for the first time." - Alfred W. Crosby, historian and author of The Columbian Exchange11 |