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The Batavia was a Dutch East India Company ship that foundered on the coral reefs of the Houtman Albrolhos Islands, 60 kilometres (37 mi) off the coast of Western Australia, just before dawn on 4 June 1629. It was the flagship of a fleet...

One of the Batavia massacre (1629) victims, excavated on Beacon Island. Western Australian Shipwrecks Museum, Fremantle.

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was formed in 1602 by the Staten-Generaal (States General) of the then Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The company was granted a 21-year charter with rights to trade exclusively in Asia and to...

17th-century Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) navigators were the first Europeans to set foot on Australian soil. Although there is a strong theory that the Portuguese explorer, Cristóvão de Mendonça (1475-1532...

Survivors being transferred from the wrecked Batavia to nearby islands in the ship's boats. Plate 1, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert, F., & Vliet, J., 1647. State Library of New South...

Massacre of the survivors after the shipwreck of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel that was wrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629. Plate 3, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert...

Shipwreck of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel that was wrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629. Plate 2, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert, F., & Vliet, J., 1647...

A replica of the Dutch East India Company ship, the Batavia, wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629.

Rijksdaalder silver coins from the Batavia (1629) shipwreck. Geraldton Museum, Western Australia.

Blue and white Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) logo from 1650-1674. Made in Japan to order by the company's directors in Batavia (Jakarta). Date between 1615 and 1674.