Wrought iron bolt, shaft remnants (x11) and associated flaked fragments (weight: 4g), no original surface.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Long Island, Total Station survey point A021/ F6
Number of Items 13
Material FERROUS
Registration Number 80541
ID 108507
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....