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Before the empire: Portugal and the Atlantic trade in the late Middle Ages

, 2013
The maritime history of Portugal is commonly associated with Henry the Navigator and the voyages of exploration during the “age of discoveries,” which allowed the exchange of exotic commodities and the cross-cultural encounter of civilisations.
Flávio Miranda
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Radon-222 in the North Atlantic Trade Winds: Its Relationship to Dust Transport from Africa

Science, 1970
The concentration of radon-222 in air was measured during a flight from Miami to Barbados to Dakar and return; concentrations ranged from 1 to 55 picocuries per standard cubic meter of air and were highest in areas of dense haze, which were present along
J. Prospero, T. Carlson
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Slavery, Shame and Pride: Debates over the Marking of the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the British Trans-Atlantic Trade in Africans in 2007

, 2010
This essay intervenes in the public debates over the relevance of the bicentenary of the abolition of the British trans Atlantic trade in Africans to post-colonial societies in the Caribbean.
Verene A. Shepherd
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On the low-level wind structure in the Atlantic trade

, 1974
From ship-borne radiosonde and radar wind observations during the Atlantic Trade Wind Experiment 1969 (ATEX) the relation between actual and geostrophic wind in the subcloud layer is determined.
B. Brümmer, E. Augstein, H. Riehl
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The Atlantic Slave Trade

Hispanic American Historical Review, 2002
Debates over the economic, social, and political meaning of slavery and the slave trade have persisted for over two hundred years. The Atlantic Slave Trade brings clarity and critical insight to the subject. In fourteen essays, leading scholars consider the nature and impact of the transatlantic slave trade and assess its meaning for the people ...
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Slave-Raiders and Middlemen, Monopolists and Free-Traders: the supply of slaves for the Atlantic trade in Dahomey c. 1715–1850

The Journal of African History, 1989
This article, which extends and modifies the analysis offered in an earlier article in this journal (1977), examines what is known of the organization of the supply of slaves for the trans-Atlantic trade in Dahomey, with particular emphasis on the ...
R. Law
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Correlations between the tropical atlantic trade winds and precipitation in northeastern Brazil

, 1982
Surface wind and sea surface temperature data for the tropical Atlantic Ocean for the period 1911-1972 are analysed in relation to the precipitation at Quixeramobim, Ceara in northeastern (NE) Brazil.
James C. Chung
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Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660–1800: List of maps

, 2001
This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development in the generations between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the era of the Younger Pitt.
K. Morgan
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Trans-Atlantic Trade

2022
bstract: The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States (CETA) is the only modern instrument governing trans-Atlantic trade that bridges differences between European and North American approaches in trade agreements.
Tabet Sylvie, Brown Colin M
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Bristol and the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century: Appendix

, 1994
Preface Introduction 1. Atlantic trade and the port of Bristol 2. Shipping 3. Shipping patterns 4. The export trade 5. The slave trade 6. The tobacco trade 7. The sugar trade Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.
K. Morgan.
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