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We Studied the Tree Rings of the Batavia Shipwreck Timbers – They Told Us Much About Global Seafaring History
The wrecking of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia in 1629 is perhaps the best-known maritime disaster in Australian history. The subject of books, articles, plays, and even an opera, Batavia was wrecked on a chain of small islands off the coast of Western Australia.Of Batavia’s 341 crew and passengers, 40 drowned trying to…
March 15, 2022