And the slave ship was especially selling his art.

而《贩奴船》则尤其表现了他艺术的成熟。

At the book's heart lies the Ibis, a former slave ship, bound from Calcutta to Mauritius.

全书的核心故事发生在一艘从加尔各答驶往毛里求斯的前贩奴船“伊比斯”号上。