| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 372 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Atlantic world, 1570-0542 ; v. 12 |
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Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 12.
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| Contents |
A bureaucratic business -- The acquisition of slaves -- Time on the coast -- The middle passage -- In the barracoons of Cartagena -- The final passage -- Slave doctors, surgeons and popular healers -- Medicines and mortality |
| Summary |
Based on private papers of Portuguese slave traders, this book provides insight into the diet, health and medical care of slaves during their journey from Africa to Peru in the early seventeenth century. It is well illustrated and contains over thirty tables and seven appendices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-355) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Lateinamerika gnd |
| Subject |
Slave trade -- Portugal -- History -- 17th century
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Slave trade -- South America -- History -- 17th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
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Slave trade
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Sklavenhandel
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Slavenhandel.
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Portugal
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South America
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Portugal
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Portugal.
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Zuid-Amerika.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Minchin, Susie.
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| LC no. |
2006051473 |
| ISBN |
9789047419365 |
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9047419367 |
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1281921165 |
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9781281921161 |
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9786611921163 |
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6611921168 |
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