BAT8410 - Textile
Batavia
Knitted fabric fragments: possibly toe of sock.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Main cannonball concretion
Number of Items 1
Material Textile
Museum Reference
Registration Number 8410
ID 24581
Status Commonwealth
ANCODS 1982 Commonwealth Govt. Allocation: ANMM (00046447)
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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