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The arrival of the Sardam

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The arrival of the Sardam

Anoniem / Anonymous

This print depicts the arrival of the Sardam, sent to recover the cargo of the Batavia and rescue the castaways. Top left, the Sardam reaches the Houtman Abrolhos; on the top right, the crew notices the fires lit on the island of Wiebe Hayes, who informs them of the massacres that took place over the preceding period; below the ship reaches Beacon Island.

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Sources and literature

Roeper, Vibeke, De schipbreuk van de Batavia, 1629 (1994)

Koehler, Jaco, Duivelse dilemma's na de schipbreuk van de Batavia (2019)

anoniem/anonymous, Ongeluckige voyagie van 't schip Batavia [etc.] (1647)