BAT4574 - Rope/leather/etc.
Batavia
Wadding - sample of main wadding
(sample saved from wash found in MA MAC-069 Tray10)
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Behind charge C2
Number of Items 1
Material Rope/leather/etc.
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4574
ID 8923
Status Commonwealth
ANCODS 1982 Netherlands Govt. Allocation
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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