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To the victors the spoils? Or maybe not
15 Dec 2012

To the victors the spoils? Or maybe not

by Greta | posted in: History | 2

I’ve written at some length in previous posts about how punishment was meted out to Cornelisz’s band of cut throats. The lucky ones, you might say, met their end at the Abrolhos Islands. (see death by hanging) The VOC took … Continued

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abrolhos islands, Australian history, Batavia, Cornelisz, justice, punishment, survivors, torture, VOC
The mystery of the breech blocks
15 Nov 2012

The mystery of the breech blocks

by Greta | posted in: History | 0

I alluded in a previous post to the events surrounding the loss of other VOC merchantmen and the fact that quite a few Dutchmen actually reached land in Australia, then vanished. Of all the stories, that of the Zuytdorp is … Continued

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What happened to the Dutchmen?
16 Oct 2012

What happened to the Dutchmen?

by Greta | posted in: History | 3

For many years, Australia was known as New Holland. Anything more different to the flat, verdant and continually damp polders of the Netherlands than the forbidding, parched land of the central west Australian coast is hard to imagine. Be that … Continued

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Batavia, Dutch, shipwreck survivors, Vergudle Draeck, VOC, Zuytdorp
Dropping from the yardarm
18 Jul 2012

Dropping from the yardarm

by Greta | posted in: History | 1

Continuing with the concept of suitable punishments while at sea, if you weren’t keelhauled you could be dropped from the yard. Masts and the accompanying yardarms were common on all ships (of course) and they provided a venue for a … Continued

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Blame it on the longitude
24 Apr 2012

Blame it on the longitude

by Greta | posted in: History | 1

It’s an interesting fact that of the four Dutch sailing ships known to have been wrecked off the coast of Western Australia, two of them – the Batavia and the Zeewijk – struck the reefs of the Abrolhos Islands and … Continued

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