BAT4763 - Rope/leather/etc.
      
                    Batavia
          
      
      
                    
Shoe:  child? or small adult, sole?  Or part of adult heel lift.  Wooden pegs appear to indicate repair.  Stitching holes along one side.  MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.
          
      
      
              Site Area Code       Mid-West          
      
      
              Number of Items       1          
      
      
              Material       Rope/leather/etc.          
      
Museum Reference
      
              Registration Number       4763          
      
      
              ID       53651          
      
      
              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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