als in serving as their rewarding allies. The "Neo-Europes" consist of numerous countries, specifically, the Azores, Madeiras, Canaries, Americas, Australia and New Zealand. Crosby devotes a key chapter of the text to discussion regarding the significance of New Zealand as it possesses the historical background with the most documentation and accuracy. The "Neo-Europes" sought to make the New World vastly similar to the Old World. Livestock such as pigs and cattle were able to dominate native biotic niches and European germs swept aside the native people. It is for these reasons that the European people were able to defeat the Indigenous people in New Zealand, America and Australia.
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