Batavia shipwreck

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The Batavia shipwreck is the remains of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia, which infamously ran aground off the Western Australian coast in 1629, leading to one of history’s most notorious maritime mutinies and massacres.

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Batavia shipwreck of 1629 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site
maritime archaeological site
shipwreck
artifactsDisplayedAt Museum of Geraldton NERFINISHED
Western Australian Maritime Museum NERFINISHED
associatedWith Dutch East India Company (VOC) trade routes
Dutch maritime exploration of Australia
early European contact with Western Australia
cargoType silver coins
trade goods for the East Indies
causeOfShipwreck running aground on a reef
commanderOfShip Francisco Pelsaert NERFINISHED
constructionMaterialOfShip wooden, Dutch East Indiaman
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
dateOfDiscovery 1963
dateOfShipwreck 1629-06-04
discoveredBy Dave Johnson NERFINISHED
Max Cramer NERFINISHED
members of the Geraldton Skin Diving Club
excavatedBy Western Australian Museum NERFINISHED
hasReconstructedHullAt Bataviawerf, Lelystad, Netherlands GENERATED
heritageDesignation place on the Australian National Heritage List
place on the Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places
homePortOfShip Amsterdam NERFINISHED
legalProtectionStatus protected under the Australian Historic Shipwrecks Act
locatedIn Houtman Abrolhos NERFINISHED
Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos NERFINISHED
off the coast of Western Australia
locatedInBodyOfWater Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
mutinyLeader Jeronimus Cornelisz NERFINISHED
notableFor massacre among survivors after the wreck
one of history’s most notorious maritime mutinies
numberOfPeopleKilledInMassacre over 100 GENERATED
numberOfSurvivorsInitiallyLanded approximately 280 GENERATED
operator Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED
partOfEvent Batavia massacre NERFINISHED
Batavia mutiny NERFINISHED
periodOfMajorExcavation 1970s
ranAgroundOn Morning Reef NERFINISHED
researchField maritime archaeology
shipCaptain Ariaen Jacobsz NERFINISHED
shipLaunched 1628
shipName Batavia NERFINISHED
significance important evidence of early European presence off Western Australia
key site for study of 17th-century Dutch seafaring
voyageDestination Batavia (Jakarta) NERFINISHED
voyageOrigin Texel, Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
yearOfShipwreck 1629

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Houtman Abrolhos Islands hasHistoricalEvent Batavia shipwreck
this entity surface form: Batavia shipwreck of 1629
Batavia Coast namedAfter Batavia shipwreck