Transatlantic Interactions Between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Definition
This term refers to the exchange of goods, ideas, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the 15th to 19th centuries.
Analogy
Think of it like a giant potluck dinner where each continent (Europe, Africa, and America) brings something unique to share. However, not all exchanges were positive or voluntary - some items brought (like diseases) had devastating effects on others at the party.
Related terms
Columbian Exchange: The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture human populations including slaves; communicable diseases; technology; and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Middle Passage: The stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade.
Triangular Trade: A multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
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