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MaSS

stepping stones of maritime history

Description

Type: Yacht
Built: yard, Amsterdam, ca.1621
Owner: WIC chamber Amsterdam
Tonnage: 90 last
Complement: 52 crew, 21 soldiers (1629)
Master: Jacob Barentsz
Armament: 14 iron, (1629), 16 (1633)

Tonnage180 ton (90 last)

Status

Possible slave trade

According to Slavevoyages.org, a WIC vessel named the Kat made a voyage with enslaved people from Accra to Pernambuco in 1643. Of the 231 people taken on board, 197 survived the voyage.

References

  • De Laet (1644).
    Historie ofte iaerlijck verhael van de verrichtinghen der geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie, zedert haer begin, tot het eynde van 't jaer sesthien-hondert ses-en-dertich; begrepen in derthien boecken.
  • Slavevoyages.org.
    Slave Voyages.
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