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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 remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archaeological...

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...

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...

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...

The Native Americans of Pre-Colonial North America built thousands of mounds across the continent which served various purposes and sometimes reached heights over 100 feet. Many of the mound sites were thriving urban centers – such as Cahokia...

Timothy R. Pauketat is an American archaeologist, director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, the Illinois State Archaeologist, and professor of anthropology and medieval studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana...

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...