Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 21957
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Kurprinzess
Flag Hanse Towns, Brandenburg
Flag IMP Denmark / Baltic
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted 36
Vessel owners Brandenburg African Company
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Emden
First place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
First place of slave landing St. Thomas
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Thomas
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Germany
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Danish West Indies
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Danish West Indies
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1699
Date voyage began 1698-??-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1699-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Beek, Pieter van
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 400
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 494
Total slaves embarked IMP 494
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 400
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 400
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 GStA Rep.65,Nr.24, Bl.64: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin, Germany) I. HA GR Rep.65, Marine und Afrikanische Kompanie-Sachen
Jones, Doc.89: Jones, Adam, Brandenburg Sources for West African History, 1680-1700 (Stuttgart, 1985).
Weindl: Weindl, Andrea,"Die Kurbrandenburger im 'atalntischen System', 1650-1720," in C. Wentzlaff-Eggebert and Martin Traine (eds.), Arbeitspapiere zur Latein Amerikaforschung (Köln, 2001). URL: http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/aspla/download/arbeitspapiere/weindl.pdf.