Batavia's Graveyard

Batavia's Graveyard

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author = Mike Dash
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country = Great Britain
language = English
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subject = Australian History, Dutch History
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publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson
release_date = 2003
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isbn = ISBN 0-7538-1684-9
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"Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny" is a 2003 book by Mike Dash about the mutiny by survivors of the Dutch ship Batavia, shipwrecked on the Western Australian coast in 1629. The title refers to the name for the small island near where the ship crashed where the mutineers remained in the Houtman Abrolhos, which is now known as Beacon Island.

It describes the mutiny led by Jeronimus Corneliszoon, who murdered 125 people on what are now called the Wallabi islands, and also of the escape and resistance of some of the people who fled to a nearby island (West Wallabi). The book explores the background to some of the people involved in Holland, the trip from Europe to the East Indies where a mutiny was planned even before the crash, and a detailed account of the events which transpired on the islands after the captain and some of the crew left for Java in an open boat, before they returned several months later with help. It also has information on what happened to the survivors.

External links

* [http://www.voc.iinet.net.au/batavia.html Batavia's Graveyard]
* [http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conJmrBookReview.33 Journal for Maritime Research review]


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