Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

BAT542 - Majolica

Batavia

Majolica fragments.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Site Location Batavia : inside reef.

Number of Items 17

Material Majolica

Museum Reference

Registration Number 542

ID 1872

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Batavia

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....