BAT536B - Stoneware
Batavia
Jug, neck and handle pieces only
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 17
Material Stoneware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 536
ID 1867
Status Commonwealth
Jug, neck and handle pieces only
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 17
Material Stoneware
Registration Number 536
ID 1867
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....