Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10913
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Nieuwe Hoop
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 164
Standardized tonnage IMP 374
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Condemned - Americas after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Zeeland
First place of slave purchase Cape Lahou
Second place of slave purchase Windward + Ivory + Gold + Benin
Third place of slave purchase Elmina
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Elmina
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Demerara
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Demerara
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Other Africa
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing British Guiana
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP British Guiana
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1785
Date voyage began 1783-10-12
Date trade began in Africa 1784-02-15
Date vessel departed Africa 1785-02-16
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1785-05-18
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 584
Middle passage (days) IMP 91
Captain and Crew Captain's name Loef, Cornelis
Sap, Claas
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 215
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 202
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 202
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 58.2%
Percentage women IMP 28.4%
Percentage boys IMP 6.0%
Percentage girls IMP 7.5%
Percentage male IMP 64.2%
Percentage children IMP 13.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 71.74
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,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
Unger,II,109-13: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60).
ARA,NBKG,243:8/1/85: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guiné
ARA,Spiegel,447: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Archief Van der Spiegel
MCC,429:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie