Atlas of the transatlantic slave trade / David Eltis and David Richardson ; foreword by David Brion Davis ; afterword by David W. Blight.

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Between 1501 and 1867, the transatlantic slave trade claimed an estimated 12.5 million Africans and involved almost every country with an Atlantic coastline. This atlas deals with 350-year history of kidnapping and coercion. It features nearly 200 maps that explore details of the African slave traff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eltis, David, 1940- (Author)
Richardson, David, 1946- (Author)
Other Authors: Davis, David Brion (writer of supplemental textual content.)
Blight, David W. (writer of supplemental textual content.)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
Series:Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Subjects:
Slave trade > Africa > History > Maps.
Slave trade > History > Maps.
Slave trade > History.
Slave trade > Africa > History.
REFERENCE > Atlases & Gazetteers.
Slave trade.
Africa.
Atlases.
History.
Maps.
Genre:
Maps.
Atlases.
History.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 atlas (xxvi, 307 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Cartographic Data:Scales differ.
Format: Electronic Map
Contents:
  • Nations transporting slaves from Africa, 1501-1867
  • Ports outfitting voyages in the transatlantic slave trade
  • The African coastal origins of slaves and the links between Africa and the Atlantic world
  • The experience of the Middle Passage
  • The destinations of slaves in the Americas and their links with the Atlantic world
  • Abolition and suppression of the transatlantic slave trade.