Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 19577
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name S Francisco Xavier
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Curveta
Tonnage 250
Standardized tonnage IMP 250
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Companhia Geral do Grão Pará e Maranhão
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 Lisbon
First place of slave purchase Cape Verde Islands
Second place of slave purchase Cacheu
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cacheu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Maranhão
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Maranhão
Place where voyage ended Lisbon
Region where voyage began IMP Portugal
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Amazonia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Amazonia
Region where voyage ended Portugal
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1777
Date voyage began 1777-04-09
Date trade began in Africa 1777-??-??
Date vessel departed Africa 1777-07-03
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1777-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1777-10-16
Date voyage completed 1778-01-09
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Caldeira, Francisco Jaques
Crew at voyage outset 32
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 217
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 1
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 218
Total slaves embarked IMP 218
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 218
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 218
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 Carreira1969:454-65: Carreira, António, As companhias pombalinas de navegação: comércio e tráfico de escravos entre a costa Africana e o nordeste brasileiro (Porto, 1969).
ANTT,AHMF,CGGPM,40:449: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Arquivo Histórico do Ministério das Finanças, Companhia Geral de Grão-Pará e Maranhão
ANTT,AHMF,CGGPM,51:185,191,207,211: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Arquivo Histórico do Ministério das Finanças, Companhia Geral de Grão-Pará e Maranhão
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