BAT3765 - Copper/brass
Batavia
Trumpet, receiver section ? with long garnish, brass; section of first yard tubing (fits to garnish end of receiver.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Grid ref. 250 080
Number of Items 2
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3765
ID 4775
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....
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