Urn or cooking pot, part only, wall and rim fragment. Redware.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Locality: NE end of C2. 070 046.
Number of Items 2
Material Earthenware
Registration Number 2336
ID 2362
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....