Iron nail fragments (heads and shanks) - heads c. 13 mm diam
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Slaughter Point site, West Wallabi.
Number of Items 13
Material Ship's fittings
Registration Number 80450
ID 27183
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....