The Dutch East India Company's ill-fated ship Batavia, lost in 1629 off WA's Abrolhos Islands, has captivated historians and adventurers for centuries. Lead author Professor Alistair Paterson, from ...

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 ...

The Batavia was built in Amsterdam but hit a reef off Western Australia and sank on its maiden voyage Researchers have determined where the timbers originated It helps build a picture of Dutch ...

Dutch academic says an ‘unlikely story about a mad heretic’ has been repeated for 400 years – and poses an alternative An “evil” man took advantage of a shipwreck to lead a mutiny that caused the ...

Experts have used 3D imaging to bring the story of one of Western Australia's most tragic shipwrecks to life in intricate detail. The Batavia was wrecked at the Abrolhos Islands on its maiden voyage ...

In 1629, the Batavia sunk on the stunning coral isles west of Geraldton. Linda Jaivin visits the wreck’s site, and discovers a dark past. Shipwreck, skulduggery, madness, murder and mayhem. As we fly ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Towards dawn on June 4 1629, the Dutch trading vessel the Batavia, en route to the Dutch East Indies, was ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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, ...