Chart of the World

Map of the world coloured to show the status of the sugar-growing countries, and with narration arguing that the retention of colonial slavery increases the price of sugar in Britain. The map has the caption: ‘Chart of the World, on Mercator’s projection. Illustrative of the impolicy of slavery’.

The work is a plate from Thomas Clarkson, 'The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade by the British Parliament' (J. W. Parker, London, 1839).

Object Details

ID: ZBA2639
Collection: Special collections
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cross, J.
Date made: circa 1830
People: Cross, J.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: sheet: 205 x 262 mm