Sounding lead: small conical shaped, rounded top, flat bottom end, round hole close to top end. (reg. as 443).
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 1
Material Lead
Registration Number 379
ID 8177
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....