BAT4679 - Human
Batavia
Skull, occipital part. SK 5;
& fragments and soil sample
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Beacon Island. Square 2A/B/Spit 6
Number of Items 1
Material Human
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4679
ID 27035
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Batavia
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....