Coin from the wreck of the Dutch ship BATAVIA
Coin from the wreck of the Dutch ship BATAVIA.
BATAVIA was the flagship of the Dutch East India Company. In 1629 whilst enroute to Java it struck the Morning Reef off Beacon Island on the Western Australian Coast and sunk. The tale of the survivors of the wreck is legendary with many of the passengers and crew being murdered by mutineers.
In 1972-76 the site was excavated by the Maritime Archaeology Department from the Western Australian Museum and now forms the basis of the display at the Western Australian Maritime Museum.
Collection of archaeological shipwreck material salvaged by Ben Cropp.