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Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

by Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

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In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king's ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol of the world's richest and most powerful monopoly.

The company also sent along a new employee to guard its treasure. He was Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a disgraced and bankrupt man with great charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, he hatched a plot to seize the ship and her riches. The mutiny might have succeeded, but in the dark morning hours of June 3, 1629, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The captain and skipper escaped the wreck, and in a tiny lifeboat they set sail for Java--some 1,500 miles north--to summon help. More than 250 frightened survivors waded ashore, thankful to be alive. Unfortunately, Jeronimus and the mutineers had survived too, and the nightmare was only beginning.

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  • Crown Brand
  • May 27, 2003 Pub Date:
  • 9780609807163 ISBN-13:
  • 0609807161 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 512.0 pages Paperback
  • 7.92 in * 0.98 in * 5.14 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: