Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 32875 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Aquilon | |
Flag | France | |
Flag IMP | France | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Curveta | |
Tonnage | 55 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 101 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | Compagnie des Indes | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Laid up (disarmed) or broken up in the Americas |
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 | Lorient |
First place of slave purchase | Cabinda | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cabinda | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | France | |
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 | Martinique | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Martinique | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1725 |
Date voyage began | 1724-10-28 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1725-05-11 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1725-06-26 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 241 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 46 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Basterre, C |
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 | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 100 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 100 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 100 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 100 | |
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 | 99 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 50.0% |
Percentage women IMP | 19.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 22.0% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 9.0% | |
Percentage male IMP | 72.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 31.0% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 1 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 1.0% | |
Source | Sources | mettas,II: Mettas, Jean, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises au XVIIIe Siècle; Tome 1, Nantes (Paris, 1978); Tome 2, Ports Autres que Nantes (Paris, 1984), édité par Serge et Michelle Daget.
LeTréhour,197,205,216: Le Tréhour, Nolwenn, “La traite des Noirs lorientaise au temps de la Compagnie des Indes (1720-1770),” MA dissertation (Université de Bretagne-Sud, 1999) |