Echoes: The SlaveVoyages Blog

Source: David Eltis and David Richardson, Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (New Haven, 2010), reproduced with the permission of Yale University Press. For permission to reuse these images, contact Yale University Press.

Introductory Maps to the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Introductory Maps to the Transatlantic Slave Trade

David Eltis | David Richardson

9. Volume and direction of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

9. Volume and direction of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

from all African to all American regions

David Eltis | David Richardson

8. Major regions where captives disembarked

8. Major regions where captives disembarked

David Eltis | David Richardson

7. Major coastal regions from which captives left Africa

7. Major coastal regions from which captives left Africa

David Eltis | David Richardson

6. Countries and regions in the Atlantic World where slave voyages were organized

6. Countries and regions in the Atlantic World where slave voyages were organized

by share of captives carried off from Africa

David Eltis | David Richardson

5. Major regions and ports involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, all years

5. Major regions and ports involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, all years

David Eltis | David Richardson

4. Wind and ocean currents of the Atlantic basins

4. Wind and ocean currents of the Atlantic basins

David Eltis | David Richardson

3. Old World slave trade routes in the Atlantic before 1759

3. Old World slave trade routes in the Atlantic before 1759

David Eltis | David Richardson

2. Migration of sugar cultivation from Asia into the Atlantic

2. Migration of sugar cultivation from Asia into the Atlantic

David Eltis | David Richardson

1. Overview of the slave trade out of Africa

1. Overview of the slave trade out of Africa

1500-1900

David Eltis | David Richardson