Atlas of the transatlantic slave trade
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010].
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9780300124606 (hbk.)
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1 atlas (xxvi, 307 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cm.
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010].
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Book
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English
ISBN
9780300124606 (hbk.)

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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. In this extraordinary book, two leading historians have created the first comprehensive, up-to-date atlas on this 350-year history of kidnapping and coercion. It features nearly 200 maps, especially created for the volume, that explore every detail of the African slave traffic to the New World. The atlas is based on an online database (www.slavevoyages.org) with records on nearly 35,000 slaving voyages--roughly 80 percent of all such voyages ever made. Using maps, David Eltis and David Richardson show which nations participated in the slave trade, where the ships involved were outfitted, where the captives boarded ship, and where they were landed in the Americas, as well as the experience of the transatlantic voyage and the geographic dimensions of the eventual abolition of the traffic. Accompanying the maps are illustrations and contemporary literary selections, including poems, letters, and diary entries, intended to enhance readers' understanding of the human story underlying the trade from its inception to its end. This groundbreaking work provides the fullest possible picture of the extent and inhumanity of one of the largest forced migrations in history.--,Publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Eltis, D., & Richardson, D. (2010). Atlas of the transatlantic slave trade . Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eltis, David, 1940- and David Richardson. 2010. Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eltis, David, 1940- and David Richardson. Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Yale University Press, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Eltis, David, and David Richardson. Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Yale University Press, 2010.

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