Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

BAT2318 - Majolica

Batavia

Majolica artefact recovered from Batavia

Jar: restored from fragments, incomplete.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Site Location Found 070 040 East of Cannon 2.

Number of Items 1

Material Majolica

Museum Reference

Registration Number 2318

ID 1635

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Batavia

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....