Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 11365
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Gele Engel (a) Engel Gabriel
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Navio mercante
Tonnage 400
Standardized tonnage IMP 400
Guns mounted 25
Vessel owners Poulle, Pieter
Bosch, Jeronimus de
Jansz, Heertje*
Brandes, Daniel
Eschwiler, Deonysio van
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by Spanish - after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Spanish
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Texel
First place of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Angola to Ardra
Third place of slave purchase Ardra
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Ardra
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Caracas
Second place of slave landing Hispaniola, unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Hispaniola, unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase Other Africa
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Second region of slave landing Hispaniola
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Hispaniola
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1653
Date voyage began 1652-08-13
Date trade began in Africa 1652-??-??
Date vessel departed Africa 1653-04-11
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1653-08-07
Date vessel departed for homeport 1653-10-17
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 359
Middle passage (days) IMP 118
Captain and Crew Captain's name Engel, Claes Jansz den (a) de Guijt
Crew at voyage outset 60
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 380
Total slaves embarked IMP 380
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 351
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 174
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 352
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 28
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources BDB5: 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,1355:72,11May1657:

Amsterdam City Archives


BlakeNotes: Blake's notes from High Court of Admiralty records, 17th century, currently in the possession of Robin Law (University of Sterling).
GAA,NA,1702:689,21/9/1654:

Amsterdam City Archives


AGI, Escribania 6A:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)