The Dutch East India Company vessel Zeewijk wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1727. Survivors built a boat and sailed over 1600 miles to the island of Java.
Category: Australian Shipwrecks
Batavia’s Graveyard – Part 3
The survivors of the Batavia are systematically murdered by Jeronimus Cornelisz and his mutineers. Francisco Pelsaert returns with a rescue ship and the mutineers are defeated by Wiebbe Hayes and his men.
Batavia’s Graveyard – Part 2
The Batavia leaves Table Bay in southern Africa and continues its voyage across the Indian Ocean for the Dutch East Indies. Mutiny is brewing, resulting in a cruel attack on Lady Lucretia. The Batavia wrecks at Houtman’s Abrolhos, and the survivors struggle to find dry land.