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The Wreck of the Batavia


Batavia (1628 ship) - Wikipedia

On 4 June 1629, Batavia was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of small islands off Western Australia. Batavia. View of starboard side of three-masted ...

The Batavia shipwreck disaster | Australian National Maritime Museum

The Batavia smashes into a reef. On a stormy night in June 1629, about 8 months after the voyage started, the Batavia ran aground on a coral ...

Wreck of the Batavia | National Museum of Australia

Aerial shot of five islets surrounded by reefs and deeper sea. ... Wreck of the Batavia. In the small hours of 4 June 1629 the Batavia smashed ...

New horrors unravelled in the story of the Batavia shipwreck

The story of the Batavia shipwreck is one of the most haunting tales of survival against a group of mutineers committing horrendous acts and ...

Batavia's History | Western Australian Museum

On the morning of the fourth of June 1629, Batavia was wrecked on Morning Reef, on the Houtman Abrolhos (Lat. 28º 29.422S, Long. 113 º 47.603E). She was the ...

Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629 - Houtman ...

The Batavia wreck site is located in the Wallabi group of the Houtman Abrolhos, a series of low reefs and islands lying about 65 kilometres off ...

The Batavia shipwreck - OAKTrust

Batavia, a Dutch East Indiaman, sank in 1629 on its maiden voyage to the Indies in the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago off the coast of Western Australia.

The Wreck of Batavia | Western Australian Museum

Traces of the Past ... Personal objects were excavated in 2015 during the discovery of four new Batavia victims. Either worn or carried, these remnants are the ...

Wreck of the Batavia - World History Encyclopedia

The ordeal that followed the Batavia's wreck is a dark tale in maritime history. A group of mutineers massacred an estimated 125 people during a reign of ...

Batavia Shipwreck - Eco Abrolhos

Set during the 17th century, this gripping story of tragedy, mutiny, and resilience continues to captivate adventurers and history enthusiasts alike.

The Wreck of the Batavia (TV Movie 1973) - IMDb

The Wreck of the Batavia: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Michael Craig. An early film by Bruce Beresford traces the story of the Dutch ship Batavia, ...

Mutiny And Murder: Plumbing The Murky Depths Of The Batavia ...

On June 4, 1629, the Dutch East India Company's flagship Batavia was lost off the coast of Western Australia. What unfolded was a tragic ...

Batavia Shipwreck Ruins - National Film and Sound Archive

Stone ruins on Western Australia's remote West Wallabi Island are the oldest structures built by Europeans in Australia and tell a tale of mutiny and murder ...

The Batavia Story - Visit Geraldton

On 4 June 1629 the Batavia was shipwrecked on Morning Reef in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos islands. Commander Francisco Pelsaert and select ...

The Batavia: Wreck, Mutiny and Murder (1995) - IMDb

The Batavia: Wreck, Mutiny and Murder: Directed by Peter Du Cane. With Duncan Bailey, Pat Baker, Emily Beardsmore, Jeffery Beardsmore.

A Virtual Reconstruction of the Batavia Shipwreck in Its Landscape

The digital reconstruction of this shipwreck site leverages LiDAR, ship-construction manuals, and contemporary and modern ship models with ...

We studied the tree rings of the Batavia shipwreck timbers

We studied the tree rings of the Batavia shipwreck timbers. We have found that the oak for the hull was sourced from two separate forests.

Letter from Australia - Murder Islands - November/December 2022

The first European ship known to have wrecked there, Batavia, did so in 1629. Sailors searching for Batavia named Pelsaert Island, seen here, for her captain, ...

The Wreck of the Batavia - Atlantic Books

The tragedy of the Batavia seized the European imagination even more than the sinking of the Titanic would do in the twentieth century. MORE BUYING ...

Murder, mutiny, slavery: 'World's worst shipwreck' was bloodier than ...

In 1629 Batavia, a three-masted sailing ship bound for the Dutch East Indies, ran aground on a coral reef in the arid Houtman Abrolhos Islands ...