Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 21566
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name S Jan
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Yaght
Tonnage 260
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners Clement, Nicolaes*
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Completed voyage after slaves removed for salvage
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 Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing Cape Lopez and Annobon
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Third place of slave landing Tobago, port unspecified
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Netherlands, port unspecified
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 Jamaica
Second region of slave landing Jamaica
Third region of slave landing Tobago
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1659
Date voyage began 1658-??-??
Date trade began in Africa 1659-03-17
Date vessel departed Africa 1659-05-22
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1659-11-01
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 163
Captain and Crew Captain's name Veer, Adriaen Blaes van der
Crew at voyage outset 27
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 195
Total slaves embarked IMP 195
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 85
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 48
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing 30
Total slaves disembarked IMP 85
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 27.5%
Percentage women IMP 72.5%
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 27.5%
Percentage children IMP 5.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 110
Mortality rate IMP 56.0%
Source Sources BDB34: Binder, Franz, Dataset of 17th century Dutch slave trading voyages, currently deposited at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (Hull)
O'Callaghan,Voyages: O'Callaghan, E. B., Voyages of the Slavers St. John and Arms of Amsterdam, 1659, 1663; together with Additional Papers Illustrative of the Slave trade Under the Dutch (Albany, 1867).
Gehring&Schiltkamp,128-33,142-55: Gehring, Charles T., and J. A. Schiltkamp (eds.), Curacao Papers, 1640-1665: New Netherlands Documents, XIV (Interlaken, 1987).
Donnan,I,141-9:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


GAA,NA,1309:26April1660:

Amsterdam City Archives


Binder:HollandseMercurius:

Binder, Franz, Archival and library notes on the 17th century slave trade, currently deposited at the Amsterdam City Archives