Along the Europe-Africa-Europe route, the ships left the European slaver ports loaded with weapons, textiles, beverages and other goods. From the African ports came salt, precious stones, coffee, sugar, ivory, and other tropical products, along with humans. The America-Africa-America route was characterized primarily by the displacement of various ethnic groups, along with their cultural and technological baggage, for the purpose of the occupation and formation of the new colonial territories. Tobacco ('rope smoke'), spirits (cachaça), potatoes, peanuts and other merchandise were exported from the eastern coast of the Americas. The America-Europe-America route provided sugar, spirits, cocoa,
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The boundaries, names, and designations used do not imply official
Figure 1. African Brazil
endorsement or recognition by UNESCO and are for illustrative purposes only.
Source: Anjos, 2014b.  
tobacco, coffee, rubber, precious stones, cotton, potatoes, sunflower products, tomatoes, corn, pepper and vanilla, among other goods; barley, cattle, oats and rye were sent to the New World. The following thematic map shows the main territorial sources in Africa over these four centuries of trafficking, along with the geography of the diaspora that formed and was structured on the shores of the Atlantic, despite the contradictions of the dominant system.