Silver Surfer
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Did someone say it took 2 weeks in wooden ships 400 years ago to cross the ocean??????
Grim History Traced in Sunken Slave Ship Found Off South Africa
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Dzali OG
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Reading the middle passage is disheartening. 300-400 slaves and you know the crew was maximum 30 cacs.
But I fall back on the 3 months thing. Seems it was 1 month, still a long time but doable.
But I fall back on the 3 months thing. Seems it was 1 month, still a long time but doable.
Field Marshall Bradley
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Sailor here. A typical speed for a medium-sized yacht in trade winds might be around 8 knots, now. From a quick look, it seems that Columbus's ships topped out around 8 knots, and averaged around half of that. The fastest clipper ships of the 1800s went roughly twice that fast.
The trip from Plymouth to Boston is about 2700 nautical miles, in a straight line, which sailing vessels rarely can do.
So in the 1500s you could expect it to take at least a month, with a good trip being a bit faster, and a slow trip taking anything longer than that. By the 1800s, if you were on a fast ship, it would probably shave a week or two off your voyage.
This ship set a record for fastest crossing (in the other direction, which has more favorable winds) in 1905 at just over 12 days.
This boat holds the current east-to-west record, at roughly 7 and a half days.
3-4 months
The trip from Plymouth to Boston is about 2700 nautical miles, in a straight line, which sailing vessels rarely can do.
So in the 1500s you could expect it to take at least a month, with a good trip being a bit faster, and a slow trip taking anything longer than that. By the 1800s, if you were on a fast ship, it would probably shave a week or two off your voyage.
This ship set a record for fastest crossing (in the other direction, which has more favorable winds) in 1905 at just over 12 days.
This boat holds the current east-to-west record, at roughly 7 and a half days.
3-4 months
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Sailor here. A typical speed for a medium-sized yacht in trade winds might be around 8 knots, now. From a quick look, it seems that Columbus's ships topped out around 8 knots, and averaged around half of that. The fastest clipper ships of the 1800s went roughly twice that fast.
The trip from Plymouth to Boston is about 2700 nautical miles, in a straight line, which sailing vessels rarely can do.
So in the 1500s you could expect it to take at least a month, with a good trip being a bit faster, and a slow trip taking anything longer than that. By the 1800s, if you were on a fast ship, it would probably shave a week or two off your voyage.
This ship set a record for fastest crossing (in the other direction, which has more favorable winds) in 1905 at just over 12 days.
This boat holds the current east-to-west record, at roughly 7 and a half days.
3-4 months
Link....... and where does it discuss west Africa to North American port travel in the 1500s..... Look man.... There is countless links to articles or whatever where so called experts say the travel time through the passage is 3, sometimes 4 months.... The reason I didn't post them is that I know you're just being contrary for the sake of winning, and not being right..........
But yeah.. Post a link for that
Every time you post a link, I will post a link.
Most sources are going to say it took 8 weeks max to make the middle passage.
fyi PBS is not an academic link..... .edu, .gov, etc
BTW the slave trade went on well past the 1500s and the bulk of the trading was in the 1800s
3-4 months
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Every time you post a link, I will post a link.
Most sources are going to say it took 8 weeks max to make the middle passage.
fyi PBS is not an academic link..... .edu, .gov, etc
BTW the slave trade went on well past the 1500s and the bulk of the trading was in the 1800s
3-4 months
You still didn't post a link for the previous post.
There are two hyperlinks in that post unless you are blind too?
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=446
In essence the trip took at least 2 months.... at least
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Sailor here. A typical speed for a medium-sized yacht in trade winds might be around 8 knots, now. From a quick look, it seems that Columbus's ships topped out around 8 knots, and averaged around half of that. The fastest clipper ships of the 1800s went roughly twice that fast.
The trip from Plymouth to Boston is about 2700 nautical miles, in a straight line, which sailing vessels rarely can do.
So in the 1500s you could expect it to take at least a month, with a good trip being a bit faster, and a slow trip taking anything longer than that. By the 1800s, if you were on a fast ship, it would probably shave a week or two off your voyage.
This ship set a record for fastest crossing (in the other direction, which has more favorable winds) in 1905 at just over 12 days.
This boat holds the current east-to-west record, at roughly 7 and a half days.
3-4 months
I knew it.... Do you nikka
The "MIDDLE PASSAGE," which brought the slaves from West Africa to the West Indies, might take three weeks. Unfavorable weather conditions could make the trip much longer.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/6b.asp
It often took two months, during which time the slave ship sailed alone.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/abolition/middlepassage/
The Middle Passage usually took more than seven weeks.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=446
The captain would try to make the quickest voyage possible to the Americas but even so, it might take two months.
http://tdl.org/txlor-dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/616/06_middle_passage.htm?sequence=1
Crossing the Atlantic from Africa was called the 'Middle Passage' of the 'triangular trade'. It often took two months, during which time the slave ship sailed alone.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/abolition/middlepassage/
http://www.ushistory.org/us/6b.asp
It often took two months, during which time the slave ship sailed alone.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/abolition/middlepassage/
The Middle Passage usually took more than seven weeks.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=446
The captain would try to make the quickest voyage possible to the Americas but even so, it might take two months.
http://tdl.org/txlor-dspace/bitstream/handle/2249.3/616/06_middle_passage.htm?sequence=1
Crossing the Atlantic from Africa was called the 'Middle Passage' of the 'triangular trade'. It often took two months, during which time the slave ship sailed alone.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/abolition/middlepassage/
Nova Nigeria?Speaking of Haiti and going back to the topic:
Nigeria didn't exist back then
Blessup
Souljah inna Jah Army
Your missing the point. we already know that. Its not about the name. It's more so about them being so familiar with the terrain, flora, and fauna to poison and beat them cacs.Nova Nigeria?
SMH n1ggas nit pick at any obvious thing. Substitute "Nigeria" with whatever it was called with at the time. If that's the most important thing that stood out to you in that post, you lost in the sauce brah.