BAT2327 - Majolica
Batavia
Jar fragments: ointment jar. (yellow and blue glaze)
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Found 070 015 South of Cannon 2.
Number of Items 11
Material Majolica
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2327
ID 2354
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....
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