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Charles C. Mann
History & Commentary
Charles C. Mann is an American journalist and author specializing in scientific topics whose books examine the Americas before Columbus and the Columbian Exchange.
Biography
Charles C. Mann, born in 1955, is an American journalist and author who specializes in scientific topics. He is a contributing editor for Science, The Atlantic Monthly, and Wired, and has co-authored four books.
His book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus received the National Academies Communication Award for best book of the year in 2006. It examines the pre-Columbian Americas. In 1493, published in 2011, Mann explores the Columbian Exchange: the movement of plants, animals, and microorganisms across oceans following Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. The book describes how trade and the movement of species changed lives and landscapes around the world.
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Books by Charles C. Mann
1493
1493 examines the Columbian Exchange, the movement of plants, animals, and microorganisms across oceans following Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. It traces how oceanic trade carried species into new environments, transforming lives and landscapes worldwide.