This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Buried Treasure A World of Potatoes
Potatoes are the world’s most grown vegetable with origins in the Americas. The article traces sweet and white potatoes from Peru and early spread to the Caribbean by 1492, noting Columbus’s 1492 diary entry and European adoption by the 1500s. The Smithsonian exhibit runs until April 1 1993.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Europe
Columbus
Peru