Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 11360
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Rode Leeuw
Flag
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fluit
Tonnage 304
Standardized tonnage IMP 304
Guns mounted 30
Vessel owners Bessels, Jacomo
Bessels, Gerard
Coijmans, Isaack
Meeckeren, van
Voort, Paulus van der
Coninck, Anthonij de
Centen, Jan
Ouwman, Cornelis
Ouwman, Hendrik
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, 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 Texel
First place of slave purchase River del Rey
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP River del Rey
Places of call before Atlantic crossing Cape Lopez and Annobon
First place of slave landing Martinique, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Martinique, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
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 Martinique
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Martinique
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1654
Date voyage began 1653-08-23
Date trade began in Africa 1654-??-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1654-05-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1654-??-??
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 270
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Centen, Jan
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 378
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 56
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 56
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources BDB7: Binder, Franz, Dataset of 17th century Dutch slave trading voyages, currently deposited at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (Hull)
GAA,NA,1114:173,14/8/1655:

Amsterdam City Archives


Gehring&Schiltkamp,57: Gehring, Charles T., and J. A. Schiltkamp (eds.), Curacao Papers, 1640-1665: New Netherlands Documents, XIV (Interlaken, 1987).
Binder:GAA,NA,1328:18/8/1653:

Binder, Franz, Archival and library notes on the 17th century slave trade, currently deposited at the Amsterdam City Archives: notes from the Stadsarchief (Amsterdam), Notarieel Archief.


GAA,NA,2198:247,3/3/1655:

Amsterdam City Archives