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| | Batavia (ship) Encyclopedia Article @ HillCountryArts.com (Hill Country Arts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), built in 1628 in Amsterdam, which was struck by mutiny and shipwreck during her maiden voyage, upon which a drama followed. |
 | | But on 4 June 1629, the ship struck a reef on Beacon Island off the Western Australian coast (28° 30' South, 113° 47' East), part of the Houtman Abrolhos (today the Wallabi reefs). |
 | | In contrast to the merchant ship Batavia, the new replica is a man-of-war, the Zeven Provinciën; Michiel de Ruyters' flagship. |
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