The trans-Atlantic slave trade : a database on CD-ROM.

Contains records of 27,233 trans-Atlantic slave ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866. Format allows users to track information by time period and geographic region, and includes interactive maps that allow viewers to chart the trans-Atlantic connections. The accompanying data contains materials a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Eltis, David, 1940-, Behrendt, Stephen D., Richardson, David, 1946-, Klein, Herbert S.
Format:	Software eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Subjects:	Slave trade > Africa > History > Databases. Slave trade > Africa > Sources > Databases.

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Summary:	Contains records of 27,233 trans-Atlantic slave ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866. Format allows users to track information by time period and geographic region, and includes interactive maps that allow viewers to chart the trans-Atlantic connections. The accompanying data contains materials about people on board, owners and captains, ships' characteristics, and the geographic trajectory of each voyage.
Item Description:	Title from disc label. "Edited by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson, Herbert S. Klein"--Title page of accompanying manual. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 CD-ROM : color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 manual (xi, 89 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.)
Format:	System requirements: PC with 166MHz Pentium processor; 32MB RAM; Windows 95, 98, or NT operating system; hard disk with 84MB available space; 800 x 600 monitor resolution x 65,536 colors; 6X speed CD-ROM drive.
ISBN:	0521629101