BAT2169 - Porcelain
Batavia
Fragment, porcelain
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 1
Material Porcelain
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2169
ID 2218
Status Commonwealth
Fragment, porcelain
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 1
Material Porcelain
Registration Number 2169
ID 2218
Status Commonwealth
Under commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, and Ariaen Jacobsz skipper, newly built Batavia sailed from Texel 27 October 1628 for the Dutch East Indies with bullion, goods and silver. On 4 June 1629 the ship struck a reef near Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Of the 322 aboard 40 drowned and the rest got ashore. In search of water and food Jacobsz, Pelsaert and others left site in a 30-foot (9....