| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 33509 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Sphère | |
| Flag | France | |
| Flag IMP | France | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | ||
| Tonnage | 499 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 562 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Compagnie de l'Asiente | |
| 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 | La Rochelle |
| 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 | ||
| First place of slave landing | Buenos Aires | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Buenos Aires | |
| Place where voyage ended | La Rochelle | |
| Region where voyage began IMP | France | |
| 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 | Rio de la Plata | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Rio de la Plata | |
| Region where voyage ended | France | |
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1708 |
| Date voyage began | 1707-07-02 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | 1708-01-04 | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1708-02-04 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1708-06-07 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | 1709-09-20 | |
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 341 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 124 | |
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Tilly |
| Crew at voyage outset | 210 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | 85 | |
| 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 | 550 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 550 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 413 | |
| 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 | 413 | |
| 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 | 137 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 25.0% | |
| Source | Sources | Studer: De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984). Munford,207: Munford, Clarence J., Black Ordeal of Slavery and Slave Trading in the French West Indies, 1625-1715, 3 vols. (Lewiston, NY, 1991). ANSOM, C8A 17,ff.126-34: ANSOM (Aix-la-Chapelle) |