Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10143 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Geertruid | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Fluit | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
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 | Calabar | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Calabar | |
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 | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
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 | 1685 |
Date voyage began | 1684-05-06 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1684-12-05 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1685-02-05 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1685-??-?? | |
Date voyage completed | 1685-07-03 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 275 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 62 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Mol, Gerrit 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 | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | ||
Total slaves embarked IMP | 373 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 289 | |
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 | 289 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 40.9% |
Percentage women IMP | 50.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 5.2% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 3.8% | |
Percentage male IMP | 46.2% | |
Percentage children IMP | 9.1% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Goslinga,418,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985). 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). HDB: Den Heijer, Henk (University of Leiden), Dataset of slave trading voyages of the second Dutch West India Company. |