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This book is actually comprised of two narratives; the true story of the wreck of the schooner Batavia, and an account of the author's brief trip on a Breton fishing boat. The Batavia was a Dutch merchant ship, sailing for the Dutch East India Company from Holland to Java, in 1629. The ship was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia and the survivors endured a harrowing experience under an officer out of control.; of 300 who made it to shore, 200 were slaughtered before a rescue vessel arrived. 65 pages. "Prosper" recounts the author's short time aboard one of the last sailing tuna fishing boats in 1958. 50 pages. Both accounts are interesting and informative.
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The wreck of the Batavia
2006, Thunder's Mouth Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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The Wreck of the Batavia: A True Story
November 30, 2005, Thunder's Mouth Press
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"For three hundred years - from the end of the fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth -Western navigators explored the world and developed vast commercial empires."
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