EVENT INFORMATION

1
June
1562

The slave ship S Nicolás departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Colombia.

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📅 1 June 1562 📍 Colombia

Vessel: S Nicolás; flag: Spain / Uruguay; rig: Não. People connected to the voyage: Investor: Matias, Pablos; Captain: Meçina, Juan de; Investor: Meçina, Juan de. The voyage began at Cadiz on 1562. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Verde Islands (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cartagena. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 34 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.9%.

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