BAT3707 - Lead
Batavia
Musket balls: 15 complete and 5 halves of spring shots w/ casting defects.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 20
Material Lead
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3707
ID 4725
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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....