The journal of the Galliot Nieuwer Amstel :a 1660 Voyage to Curaçao from New Amsterdam (Manhattan)
In February 1660, supercargo Laurens de Sille sailed from New Amsterdam (Manhattan) to Curaçao aboard the galliot Nieuwer Amstel . Tasked with maintaining a record of the cargo, De Sille kept a journal of the four-month journey to Curaçao and back. While keeping a journal was common practice on Dutch ships, few survive from the seventeenth century. De Sille’s journal offers a unique insight into mid-seventeenth-century shipping activities at Curaçao, as his account captures day-to-day proceedings during a period for which there are only sparse extant sources on the island’s history. More impor... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | van den Hout , J , Jacobs , J & Dewulf , J 2022 , ' The journal of the Galliot Nieuwer Amstel : a 1660 Voyage to Curaçao from New Amsterdam (Manhattan) ' , New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids , vol. 96 , no. 3-4 , pp. 291-323 . https://doi.org/10.1163/22134360-bja10017 |
| Schlagwörter: | Curacao / New Netherland / Shipping / Dutch West India Company / Slave trade |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29391112 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/the-journal-of-the-galliot-nieuwer-amstel(ebc12534-817f-4abb-82ea-949c21c03190).html |
In February 1660, supercargo Laurens de Sille sailed from New Amsterdam (Manhattan) to Curaçao aboard the galliot Nieuwer Amstel . Tasked with maintaining a record of the cargo, De Sille kept a journal of the four-month journey to Curaçao and back. While keeping a journal was common practice on Dutch ships, few survive from the seventeenth century. De Sille’s journal offers a unique insight into mid-seventeenth-century shipping activities at Curaçao, as his account captures day-to-day proceedings during a period for which there are only sparse extant sources on the island’s history. More importantly, De Sille’s chronicle of his two-month stay on the island depicts Curaçao as it emerged as a hub for the Dutch transatlantic slave trade.