Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 33789
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Ambuscade (a) Embuscade
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Compagnie d'occident
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 La Rochelle
First place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase Grand Popo
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing French Guiana, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing Suriname, place unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Suriname, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing French Guiana
Second region of slave landing Dutch Guianas
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1677
Date voyage began 1677-04-09
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1677-??-??
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 Duhulgns, Jean
Crew at voyage outset 28
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 313
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 11
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 241
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 Bruleaux, 31-52:

Bruleaux, Anne Marie, "Un Parisien en Guyane au XVIIe siècle: enquéte sur le journal de Jean Goupy", Jean-Pierre Bacot & Jacquline Zonzon (ed.) Guyane, histoire, et mémoire: La Guyane au temps de l'esclavage, discours, pratiques représentations (Ibis Rouge, 2011)


Debien,Sucrerie,1-30:

"Sur un sucrerie de la Guyane en 1690," Notes d'histoire coloniale, 77 (1964): 1-30


ACM B5677, f.129:

Archives Départementales Charente-Maritimes (La Rochelle)


ACM B5676, ff.128-31:

Archives Départementales Charente-Maritimes (La Rochelle)