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Loading... Voyage to disaster : the life of Francisco Pelsaert : covering his Indian Report to the Dutch East India Company and the wreck of the ship Batavia in 1629 off the coast of Western Australia, together with the full text of his Journals concerning the… (edition 1963)by H. Drake-Brockman, Francisco Pelsaert, E. D. Drok
Work InformationVoyage to Disaster by Henrietta Drake-Brockman
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Account using surviving documents concerning the wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia off the West Australian coast in 1629, and the mutiny, murders, rapine and rescue that made it notorious. The focus is on the commander, Francisco Pelsaert, with an account of his life and times and his translated journal. The 11 documents in the Appendix include the author's successful search for the wreck. First published in 1963, the new edition has an introduction by Frank Broese of the department of history in the University of Western Australia. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)919.413History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Australia Western AustraliaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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