BAT6441AB - Ship's timber
Batavia
Pine sheathing; Timber, transom - 3 eroded pieces of skin (now broken in 6 fragments). One large part of board =sawn in three pieces for dendrochronological study. (TSK1 and TSK2)
(Sample in MAC-069, T. 18).
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 6
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 6441
ID 5104
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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