BAT419 - Copper/brass
Batavia
Trumpet, bow and yard section with garnish and saddle, brass with soldered seams; yard section, misshapen.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Beacon Island ?
Number of Items 2
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 419
ID 1417
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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