The trans-Atlantic slave trade [computer file] : a database on CD-ROM

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Eltis, David, 1940-

Behrendt, Stephen D.

Richardson, David, 1946-

Klein, Herbert S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Slave trade.

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

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

Transatlantic slave trade : a database on CD-ROM

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

System Details:

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.

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 label.

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

ISBN:

0521629101

OCLC:

43343703