1493: uncovering the new world Columbus created

In the Homogenocene. Two monuments

Atlantic journeys. The tobacco coast ; Evil air

Pacific journeys. Shiploads of money (Silk for silver, part one)

Lovesick grass, foreign tubers, and jade rice (Silk for silver, part two)

Europe in the world. The agro-industrial complex ; Black gold

Africa in the world. Crazy soup ; Forest of fugitives

Currents of life. In Bulalacao

Appendixes. A, Fighting words ; B, Globalization in beta.