Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 35158 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Fredericus Quartus (a) Frederick IV | |
Flag | Denmark | |
Flag IMP | Denmark / Baltic | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Vestindisk-guineiske Kompagni | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation |
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 | Slave insurrection | |
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | København |
First place of slave purchase | Windward + Ivory + Gold + Benin | |
Second place of slave purchase | Christiansborg | |
Third place of slave purchase | Keta | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Christiansborg | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | Cape of Good Hope | |
First place of slave landing | Portobelo | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Portobelo | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Denmark | |
First region of slave purchase | Other Africa | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
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 | 1710 |
Date voyage began | ||
Date trade began in Africa | 1709-03-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1709-10-02 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1710-02-?? | |
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 | Fijfe, Dirk |
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 | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 50 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 290 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | 103 | |
Total slaves embarked | 433 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 433 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
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 | 374 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 52.1% |
Percentage women IMP | 36.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 7.7% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 4.2% | |
Percentage male IMP | 59.8% | |
Percentage children IMP | 11.9% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | Nørregård,67-68,89: Nørregård, Georg, Danish Settlements in West Africa, 1658-1850 (Boston, 1965). Westergaard,152: Westergaard, Waldemar, The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671-1754) (New York, 1917). Justesen,v.1,V,18,23,25: Justesen, Ole, Danish Sources for the History of Ghana, 1657-1754, 2 vols. (Copenhagen, 2005). GAA,NA,6065:177,8/11/10: Amsterdam City Archives Hernæs,251-252: Hernæs, Per O, Slaves, Danes, and African Coast Society: The Danish Slave Trade from West Africa and Afro-Danish Relations on the Eighteenth Century Gold Coast (Trondheim, 1995). |