Document: JOURNAL kept by Adriaen Blaes van der Veer, skipper of the slaver St. Jan

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NYSA_A1883-78_V17_043a

Description

Journal. Ship St. John's voyage from El Mina to Rio Real for slaves, and thence to Curacao ; 385 were shipped, but for want of provisions, 190 were sent to El Mina ; the ship was finally wrecked on the rifts of Rocco, near Bonaire, and the slaves abandoned ; 84 were afterwards captured by an English privateer or rover.Â (3 pages)

Document Date

1659-11-04

Document Date (Date Type)

1659-11-04

Document Type

Journal

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Translation

Journal kept aboard the ship St. Jan, begun the 4th of March in the year 1659.

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Translation Superscripts

[1]: There is no note for this end note number 1 at the top of page one.
[2]: River in present-day Nigeria which flows by Port Harcourt.
[3]: In present-day Dahomey on the slave coast of Africa.
[4]: Bonny on the coast of Nigeria, south of Port Harcourt.
[6]: River emptying into Gulf of Biafra.
[7]: i.e., St. George del Mina, Dutch fortified slave post, today Elmina, Ghana.
[8]: Cap de Lope Gonzalves, today Cape Lopez, Gabon just south of Libreville.
[9]: i.e., Annabon, island just west of Cape Lopez.
[10]: i.e., Cape Lopez.
[11]: keer is translated as â€œtierceâ€ in Voyages of the Slavers St. John and Arms of Amsterdam by E. B. Oâ€™Callaghan, Albany: J. Munsell, 1867; 1 tierce - 42 gallons or 1/3 pipe, a measure halfway between a barrel and a hogshead.
[12]: Island of Los Roques about 125 miles east of Curacao.

References

None

Location

Modern Location

Bonaire

Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

Locations (Unlinked)

El Mina to Rio Real|Curacao|rifts of Rocco|Bonaire|St. Jan

Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)

St. John

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