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- Batavia (1628 ship) - Wikipedia
Batavia (Dutch pronunciation: [baːˈtaːvijaː] ⓘ) was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the flagship of one of the three annual fleets of company ships [4] and sailed that year on her maiden voyage for Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies On 4 June 1629, Batavia was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of small islands off Western
- Wreck of the Batavia - World History Encyclopedia
The Batavia was 46 metres (150 ft) in length and carried a cargo of twelve chests of silver coin worth 250,000 guilders, trade goods, including cochineal, cloth, wines, and cheeses, and a valuable gem from antiquity known as the Constantine Cameo The VOC had been granted the right to trade exclusively in Asia and obtain spices by the States General of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
- Batavia, 1629 - Western Australian Museum
Batavia is one of Australia’s most notorious shipwrecks On 4 June 1629, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) ship, Batavia wrecked off the coast of Western Australia, in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands In the chaos that followed, one man led a group of mutineers on a violent spree, assaulting and murdering over 100 people The wreck site was discovered in 1963
- Wreck of the Batavia - National Museum of Australia
Wreck of the Batavia In the small hours of 4 June 1629 the Batavia smashed into Morning Reef just off the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain 60 kilometres west of what is now Geraldton in Western Australia As with all VOC ships at the time, the Batavia had sailed before the prevailing winds known as the Roaring Forties east across the Indian Ocean Lacking any accurate means of determining
- Batavia: The Worst Shipwreck in History
In 1628, a Dutch East India flagship called Batavia belonging to the Dutch East India Company (VOC) set sail from the Netherlands, never to reach her destination Eight months into the voyage, on 4 June 1629, the ship was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, a small chain of islands off the coast of Western Australia What followed could be considered one of the most tragic and nightmarish
- History of 17th-century Batavia - Museum Batavialand
The Batavia as an icon of her time The Batavia was a typical mirror-return ship, designed to carry large quantities of cargo and passengers Her sturdy hull and strong rigging made her suitable for the harsh conditions at sea The ship represented not only trade, but also power and prestige of the VOC The wreck and heritage
- The voyage and shipwreck of the Batavia
The VOC ship Batavia, just newly built, sailed out in October 1628 as part of the usual VOC autumn fleet It derives its fame in particular from the shipwreck it suffered off the coast of Australia on 4 June 1629, and the bloody events that subsequently unfolded on the small islands, the Houtman Abrolhos, where the crew was trapped for over two-and-a-half months while the ship's chief merchant
- Inside Batavia, The Indonesian City Brutally Colonized By The Dutch
Soon, this walled city became the heart and soul of the Dutch East Indies It would even outlast the VOC, as the Dutch wouldn’t officially relinquish control of it until the 1940s The Extreme Violence At The Heart Of The Spice Trade As Batavia grew, it took on the appearance of a Dutch city
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