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The Wreck of the Batavia


The Batavia and its many stories - Dutch Australia Cultural Centre

Following the Batavia shipwreck in 1629, a group of the marooned soldiers under the command of Wiebbe Hayes were put ashore on West Wallabi ...

Batavia Shipwreck - Attraction - Tourism Western Australia

With tales of murderous mutiny, the Batavia Shipwreck off the coast of Geraldton is one of Western Australia's best-known historic dive sites.

The Batavia Mutiny And Massacre Of 1629 Is Still Revealing Secrets

More than 125 survivors of the shipwreck of the Batavia were murdered by other survivors, led by a psychopath whose name is known to many in WA: Jeronimus ...

A Virtual Reconstruction of the Batavia Shipwreck in Its Landscape

Open Access paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41636-023-00399-y We present a digital reconstruction of a shipwreck in a ...

Pelsaert's account of the wreck of the Batavia, 1648

Pelsaert soon decided to sail in an open boat to the mainland - the west coast of Western Australia -in the hope of finding water. They were unsuccessful in ...

The Batavia Shipwreck - Owlcation

The Batavia was heading from Holland to the Dutch East Indies. This was the start of a voyage that featured heroism, betrayal, and murder.

The Wreck of the Batavia: A True Story - Hardcover - AbeBooks

The Wreck of the Batavia: A True Story by Leys, Simon - ISBN 10: 1560258217 - ISBN 13: 9781560258216 - Thunder's Mouth Press - 2005 - Hardcover.

In 1629 a group of marooned survivors of the Dutch ship Batavia ...

In 1629 a group of marooned survivors of the Dutch ship Batavia found themselves under the leadership of a sociopathic heretic named Jeronimus Corneliusz.

Wreck of the BATAVIA - massacre - Google Arts & Culture

Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney, Australia · Title: Wreck of the BATAVIA - massacre · Date: 1647 · Location: Amsterdam · Type: Engraving · Significance: ...

Batavia's Graveyard - Part 3 - Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

The survivors of the Batavia are systematically murdered by Jeronimus Cornelisz and his mutineers. Francisco Pelsaert returns with a rescue ...

Case 138: The Batavia - Casefile: True Crime Podcast

In October of 1628, the newly constructed Batavia embarked on its maiden voyage from the shores of The Netherlands, setting sail for the Dutch East Indies.

Historical articles - Greta van der Rol

When the Batavia's longboat left the Abrolhos islands where the survivors from the shipwreck had been landed, she carried forty-eight passengers. The complement ...

The Batavia Tragedy – 1629 - Tales from the Quarterdeck

Shipwreck of the Batavia, F. Pelsaert, F., & Vliet, J. (1647). Courtesy State Library of NSW FL3726282 On 4 June 1629, the Dutch East Indies ...

The Wreck of the Batavia and Prosper - Schwartz Books

In 1629, the Batavia was wrecked on a coral archipelago fifty miles from the Australian continent. Most of the people on board surtvived, only to become ...

The Wreck of the Batavia a book by Simon Leys. - Bookshop

In 1629, the ship Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company, was wrecked on the edge of a coral archipelago, some fifty miles from the Australian ...

Batavia : the most disturbing mutiny and shipwreck in history

Mutiny, murder, and slavery among its survivors lasted for months after the vessel's maiden voyage ended tragically in 1629.

Batavia shipwreck

One of the darkest chapters of Australia's maritime history played out on the islands, following the shipwreck of the Dutch ship Batavia in 1629 ...

The Wreck of the Batavia–The History Blokes - Apple Podcasts

In 1629, the Dutch ship Batavia wrecked 60 kilometres off the Western Australian coast. Of the 330 souls on board, about 100 drowned ...

The Wreck of the Batavia: &, Prosper by Leys, Simon - eBay

Item description from the seller. The Wreck of the Batavia: &, Prosper by Leys, Simon Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show ...

"Changed as to a tiger": Considering the Wreck of the Batavia - Gale

It was intended for the VOC castle in Batavia on which construction had recently begun. There is also a glass case in which a skeleton reposes on a bed of sand.