Ship Cannon: bronze. Rotterdam Admiralty 1616. Arent Van der Put.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Wreck site - see plan. No 24.
Number of Items 1
Material Bronze
Registration Number 3640
ID 9866
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....