BAT4651 - Human
Batavia
Right side temporal bone including styloid process, auditory canal etc. SK6
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Beacon Island. Square 2A/Spit 4
Number of Items 1
Material Human
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4651
ID 27005
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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