Astrolabe, semi-circular - bronze, replica
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Wreck site
Number of Items 1
Material Bronze
Registration Number 455
ID 8605
Status Commonwealth
ANCODS 1975 Netherlands Govt. Allocation: RS.1770(100)
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....