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This beautiful softcover edition is in fine condition. The pages are clean and unmarked, and the book remains tight, square, and unmarked. Seeds of Change: A Quincentennial Commemoration, edited by Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1991 to accompany the Smithsonian's Columbus Quincentennial exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History. The book examines the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between the Old and New Worlds in the five hundred years following Columbus's voyages, assessing both the benefits and the damage that resulted on both sides of the Atlantic. Viola, curator emeritus at the Smithsonian and former Director of Quincentenary Programs, organized the accompanying exhibition alongside co-editor Carolyn Margolis.