Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 8934
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name NS do Cabo
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Galera
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Companhia Geral do Grão Pará e Maranhão
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 Lisbon
First place of slave purchase Luanda
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 Pará
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Pará
Place where voyage ended Lisbon
Region where voyage began IMP Portugal
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 Amazonia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Amazonia
Region where voyage ended Portugal
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1765
Date voyage began 1764-07-10
Date trade began in Africa 1764-12-07
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1765-01-07
Date vessel departed for homeport 1765-04-22
Date voyage completed 1765-06-15
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 181
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bitencourt, Manoel da Cunha
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 940
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 706
Total slaves embarked IMP 706
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 671
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 665
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 671
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 35
Mortality rate IMP 5.0%
Source Sources Klein,Angola dataset: University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Angola data-set, 1723-1771
BML,cod.17: Biblioteca Municipal de Luanda (Luanda, Angola)
Carreira1969:442-3,454-65: Carreira, António, As companhias pombalinas de navegação: comércio e tráfico de escravos entre a costa Africana e o nordeste brasileiro (Porto, 1969).
Vergolino-Henry,232: Vergolino-Henry, Anaíza, and Arthur Napoleão Figueiredo, A Presença Africana na Amazônia Colonial: Uma Notícia Histórica (Belém, 1990).
ANTT,AHMF,CGGPM,47:100-1: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Arquivo Histórico do Ministério das Finanças, Companhia Geral de Grão-Pará e Maranhão
ANTT,AHMF,CGGPM,48:25: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Arquivo Histórico do Ministério das Finanças, Companhia Geral de Grão-Pará e Maranhão
ANTT,AHMF,CGGPM,65: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Arquivo Histórico do Ministério das Finanças, Companhia Geral de Grão-Pará e Maranhão
ANTT,AHMF,CGGPM,75: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Arquivo Histórico do Ministério das Finanças, Companhia Geral de Grão-Pará e Maranhão
AHU,Pará,Cx72,Doc.6110:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)


AHU,Pará,Cx58,Docs.5203,5208:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)