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BOATS SHIPWRECKS / WEST AUSTRALIANA
This is the story of the Batavia, wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629, which has been part of the myth and legend of Australian history. xxxii, 324 p. : ill., maps, ports., facsims., 22 cm. Reprint (1995) #170622/160523/210324 Pelsaert, Francisco, -1630. | Batavia (Ship) | Shipwrecks — Western Australia. | Merchant mariners — Netherlands — Biography. Journals of Francisco Pelsaert Life and times of Francisco Pelsaert Mutiny, murder, rape, torture; a priceless treasure fuelling the basest human greed; a courageous journey in search of rescue-the story of the Batavia, wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629, has been part of the myth and legend of Australian history. Ten years of meticulous research resulted in Voyage to Disaster, a historical tour de force comprising the complete journals of Francisco Pelsaert translated from the Old Dutch by E. D. Drok, together with a revealing biography of Pelsaert, a man of many dimensions-writer, historian, administrator.
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