Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Author: David Eltis and David Richardson

Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Author: David Eltis and David Richardson Format: PDF Pages/Sections: 336 Full Text: eltis atlas Key Themes [x] Visual mapping of the slave trade [x] The Voyages Database methodology [x] Embarkation and disembarkation points [x] African coastal regions [x] European organizing ports [x] Middle Passage routes [x] Mortality and voyage statistics Eltis & Richardson's Central Argument The scale: "In January 2008 the database underlying the Atlas contained details of 34,934 documented slave voyages. We think that these voyages constitute just over 80 percent of all the slave ventures that ever set out for Africa to obtain slaves from all locations around the Atlantic." (p. xxv) The database approach: "The maps in the Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade are grouped in seven parts...