Batavia's graveyard, Mike Dash
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Batavia's graveyard, Mike Dash
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non fiction
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Batavia's graveyard
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Mike Dash
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In the autumn of 1628, the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia set sail on her maiden voyage to Java, loaded with a king's ransom of gold, silver and gems. But, in the early hours of 4 June, the ship ran aground in an unexplored chain of islands off the coast of Australia. More than 2000 survivors were left stranded, at the mercy of a ruthless band of mutineers headed by a brilliant but deranged individual. By the time rescue ships arrived three months later, less than 80 people were still alive... -- back cover
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Prologue. Morning reef -- 1. The heretic -- 2. Gentlemen XVII -- 3. The tavern of the ocean -- 4. Terra Australis Incognita -- 5. The tiger -- 6. Longboat -- 7. "Who wants to be stabbed to death?" -- 8. Condemned -- 9. "To be broken on the wheel" -- Epilogue. On the shores of the Great South-land
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