“A monumental chronicle of this historical tragedy, one that records some 35,000 individual slaving voyages, roughly 80 percent of those made. . . . [This book] is a human document as well as a rigorous accounting. It is filled with moving poems, photographs, letters and diary entries.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times

“A remarkable resource. . . . The charts raise as many questions as they answer; this is entirely the point.”—James Delbourgo, Times Higher Education

“A ground-breaking project: the Atlas will be indispensable for all those interested in the slave trade.”—Jane Webster, Times Literary Supplement

“Beautifully produced. . . . The whole is topped and tailed by two excellent essays: a masterly introduction by David Brion Davis and a rousing afterword by David Blight. The end result of all this international, scholarly effort is a remarkable book which is not only a pleasure to have on one’s shelves, but a model of scholarly and publishing activity. . . . Here, and in their varied (and complex) work as individual scholars, Eltis and Richardson have revealed themselves to be among the most imaginative, influential and distinguished historians of their generation.”—James Walvin, International Journal of Maritime History

“This marvelous book will change how people think of the slave trade. It deserves every accolade it is likely to get.”—Nicolas van de Walle, Foreign Affairs

“This is a beautiful atlas. . . . A valuable reference for scholars of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade and a teaching tool for anyone engaged with African or African diasporic history. . . . I’ll return to it for years to come and look forward to introducing it to my students.”—Walter Hawthorne, The Americas

“Atlas is a testament to the value of collaborative effort . . . a substantial and lasting contribution to the economic history of transatlantic slaving and our understanding of the subject. . . . An excellent reference text.”—Kwasi Konadu, African Studies Review

“Literary selections and paintings/illustrations are included to broaden readers’ understanding of the human story behind the maps and charted statistics.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“One of the most ambitious books of this—or any other—publishing season: a fascinating, horrifying, beautifully put-together atlas of the transatlantic slave trade.”—Very Short List

Winner, 2010 R. R. Hawkins Award, Association of American Publishers

Winner, PROSE Award for Excellence in Single Volume Reference/Humanities and Social Sciences category, Association of American Publishers

Winner, Anisfield-Wolf Awards, Non-Fiction, 2011

Honorable Mention, Dartmouth Medal for Outstanding Reference, 2011

Honorable Mention, General Non-Fiction, Los Angeles Book Festival, 2010

“A brilliant rendition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. This atlas is essential to the study of chattel slavery. No student of slavery should be without it.”—Ira Berlin, University of Maryland

“These magnificent maps—all 189—document almost every conceivable aspect of one of the world’s worst crimes. An epic and gruesome drama receives a fitting representation. A superb contribution to scholarship.”—Philip D. Morgan, Johns Hopkins University

“Sophisticated and erudite, the maps and the introductions to them offer the best and most accessible interpretations on various aspects of the transatlantic slave trade. Full of insights and new findings, the strong analysis and evidence presented will create a permanent distinguished stamp on the book, confirming it as a groundbreaking text for both beginners and advanced students.”—Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin

“Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade is a dramatic step forward in the cartographic representation of the slave trade, tracing the flow of captives in much greater detail and with more precision than ever before. This atlas also systematically links African ports to American ports and hinterland African states to the ports from which their slaves were exported: an important step and a reminder that a great deal of the slave trade began deep in Africa.”—John Thornton, author of Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400–1800

“This is a highly original work and represents a major contribution to historical analysis. There are no comparable works on this topic.”—Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester