Francisco Pelsaert
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Francisco Pelsaert was a Dutch merchant who worked for the Dutch East India Company, best known for his role as the commander of the Batavia. The ship ran aground in the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coas
Ongeluckige voyagie van het schip Batavia, uytgevaren onder't beleydt van den E. François Pelsaert, 1648
Batavia (1628 ship)
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Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company. She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the flagship of one of the three annual fleets of company ships and sailed that year on her maiden voyage for
Francisco Pelsaert
…c. 1595 – September 1630) was a Dutch merchant who worked for the Dutch East India Company (VOC), best known for his role as the commander of the Batavia. The ship ran aground in the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coastal regions of Western Australia in June 1629, which led to a massacre of the survivors…
Full-scale replica of Batavia
Survivors being transferred from the wrecked Batavia to nearby islands in the ship's boats.
Batavia's Graveyard, now known as Beacon Island, in the Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands
Massacre of the survivors