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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Batavia shipwreck of 1629 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
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maritime archaeological site ⓘ shipwreck ⓘ |
| artifactsDisplayedAt |
Museum of Geraldton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Australian Maritime Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch East India Company (VOC) trade routes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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key site for study of 17th-century Dutch seafaring ⓘ |
| voyageDestination | Batavia (Jakarta) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voyageOrigin | Texel, Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfShipwreck | 1629 ⓘ |
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Batavia shipwreck of 1629