This is not only a vast register of British slave traders and the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807, but also an invaluable database of ships’ voyages.
Herrlich!!!

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Herrlich!!!
The graphics would be a subject in their own right. The way ships, water, and so on are depicted. The style and visual language depended on the period. Whether the drawing is flat or uses perspective, and other such questions.
Of particular note is the scholarly introduction to the edition.
This is not only a vast register of British slave traders and the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807, but also an invaluable database of ships’ voyages.
... vs. John Elfinston
Proofs just arrived!
Book chapter "Transottoman Imperial Courts in the Early Modern Period: Comparing Istanbul and Moscow/Saint Petersburg" written together with Alexander Bauer @sascha06.bsky.social (Mainz).
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Ein sehr schöner Kupferstich mit einem maritimen Motiv. Bitte zum Vergleich die Stiche aus dem Machaev-Album von 1753.