Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10904
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Nicolaas Theodorus
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Coopstad
Rochussen
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 Rotterdam
First place of slave purchase Windward + Ivory + Gold + Benin
Second place of slave purchase Accra
Third place of slave purchase Gabon
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gabon
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Berbice
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Berbice
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Other Africa
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1772
Date voyage began 1770-10-02
Date trade began in Africa 1771-02-21
Date vessel departed Africa 1772-01-31
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1772-05-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1772-??-??
Date voyage completed 1772-??-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 596
Middle passage (days) IMP 110
Captain and Crew Captain's name Verdonk, Philippus
Krummhousen, Salomon
Dupont, David
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 88
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 13
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 104
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 348
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 200
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 200
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 32.7%
Percentage women IMP 32.7%
Percentage boys IMP 21.8%
Percentage girls IMP 12.9%
Percentage male IMP 54.5%
Percentage children IMP 34.7%
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).
LList, 15 Jan 1771:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


GAR,Coopstad&Rochussen,73: Gemeentearchief Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands) De archieven van de firma’s Coopstad & Rochussen, 1734-1777
Goslinga,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
Hudig,46: Hudig, J., De scheepvaart op West-Afrika en West-Indie in de achttiende eeuw (Amsterdam, 1926).