Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10073
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Catharina Christina
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fluit
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted 24
Vessel owners West-Indische Compagnie
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Texel
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast (Nunez - Assini)
Second place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast (Nunez - Assini)
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Suriname, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Suriname, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Texel
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Other Africa
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Dutch Guianas
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1709
Date voyage began 1708-06-03
Date trade began in Africa 1708-09-17
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1709-12-30
Date vessel departed for homeport 1710-03-22
Date voyage completed 1710-06-12
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 575
Middle passage (days) IMP 115
Captain and Crew Captain's name Boes, Cornelis
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 294
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 215
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 459
Total slaves embarked IMP 459
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 400
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP 55.0%
Percentage girls IMP 45.0%
Percentage male IMP 55.0%
Percentage children IMP 6.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Heijer,1997,389-420: Den Heijer, Henk, Goud, ivoor en slaven. Scheepvaart en handel van de Tweede Westindische Compagnie op Afrika, 1674-1740 (Zutphen, 1997).
Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
VanDantzig,142-3: Van Dantzig, Albert, The Dutch and the Guinea Coast, 1674-1742: A Collection of Documents from the General State Archive at the Hague (Accra, 1978).
HDB: Den Heijer, Henk (University of Leiden), Dataset of slave trading voyages of the second Dutch West India Company.