As I read further into the preparations for the Diligent's first slave trading voyage I wanted to get an idea of where the journey began. Vannes, France, according to the map I've taken from, www.weather-forecast.com/locationmaps/Vannes.8.jpg, places Vannes in the northwestern part of France on the opposite side from the English channel. It seems ideally located to start a voyage from this port, although the book describes it as not being so great for this purpose.Thursday, May 21, 2009
As I read further into the preparations for the Diligent's first slave trading voyage I wanted to get an idea of where the journey began. Vannes, France, according to the map I've taken from, www.weather-forecast.com/locationmaps/Vannes.8.jpg, places Vannes in the northwestern part of France on the opposite side from the English channel. It seems ideally located to start a voyage from this port, although the book describes it as not being so great for this purpose.
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Nice research on Vannes--godd to know where the Diligent and other "slavers" started from.
ReplyDeleteJust a question: what, specifically made the Caravel an improvement on other sailing vessels of the time?
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