Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 29500
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name NS del Montserrat
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 50
Standardized tonnage IMP 92
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Prieto, Manoel Alvarez
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 Seville
First place of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Luanda
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Cartagena
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Cartagena
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Spain
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1634
Date voyage began 1632-05-13
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1634-06-20
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1634-07-30
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 808
Middle passage (days) IMP 40
Captain and Crew Captain's name Francisco, Pedro
Barrasa, Diego
Crew at voyage outset 18
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 100
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 375
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 300
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 300
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 Boettcher,158-9: Boettcher, Nikolaus, Aufstieg und Fall eines Handelsimperiums. Portugiesische Kaufleute und Sklavenhaendler in Cartagena de Indias von 1580 bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts (Frankfurt am Main, 1995).
AGI, Contaduria, Legajo 1399:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)


AGI, Contratacion, Legajo 2890:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)