Bricks, ballast; 246 complete + 8 incomplete fragments, from original ‘wishing well’ outside the previous GM
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 254
Material Ballast stone
Registration Number 21838
ID 112578
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....