They difference between the animals on the different sides of the Atlantic was extraordinary. Before the Columbian Exchange the natives had no beast of burden and did their hard labor entirely on their own. On Columbus’s second voyage in 1493 he brought horses, dogs, pigs, cattle, chickens, sheep, and goats. When the explorers brought the new animals across the ocean it introduced a whole new means of transportation, a new labor form, and a new food source.
Important Animals brought to the new world:
Important Animals brought to the new world:
- Pig- Reproduced the fastest and provided meat for explores, this helped decrease the famine issue and provide lots of food for Europeans.
- Horses- Plenty of them in Europe, explorers brought them over for use of transportation and since they are so strong of farm uses.
- The Cattle- Provided a job(cattleman), they were used for their hides and meat, cattle were important because their hide was exported to Europe to be sold and their nutritious meat.