BAT667 - Cargo
Batavia
Barrel hoop Fragments (x22), iron fastening frags (x25), burnt lead fragment
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 48
Material Cargo
Museum Reference
Registration Number 667
ID 1975
Status Commonwealth
Barrel hoop Fragments (x22), iron fastening frags (x25), burnt lead fragment
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 48
Material Cargo
Registration Number 667
ID 1975
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....