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

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Eltis, David, 1940-

Behrendt, Stephen D.

Richardson, David, 1946-

Klein, Herbert S.

W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Africa--History--Sources--Databases.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--America--History--Sources--Databases.

Slave trade--History--Sources--Databases.

History.

America.

Africa.

Genre:

Sources.

Databases.

Physical Description:

1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 manual (xi, 89 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm)

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Transatlantic slave trade : a database on CD-ROM

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

System Details:

System requirements: Windows 95, 98, or NT operating system; 166 MHz Pentium processor; 32 MB RAM; 800 x 600 monitor resolution x 65,536 colors; 6X speed CD-ROM drive; 84 MB available hard disk space.

data file

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.

Notes:

Title from disc surface.

"Edited by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson, Herbert S. Klein"--T.p. of accompanying manual.

"Compiled at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute"--Container.

Includes bibliographical references (Manual, pages 41-54).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0521629101

OCLC:

43343703