#batavia mutiny

[ltwilliammowett]

Powder measure from the Batavia, before 1629

This powder measure was recovered from the wreck of the Batavia, a Dutch vessel wrecked off the Western Australian coast in 1629. It is made of copper and was used to measure out standard amounts of gun powder. Containers for gun powder were made of materials which did not create sparks - such as copper, wood and leather.

[ltwilliammowett]

The remains of the Batavia (1628), in the Wester Museum Australia. She was the flagship of the VOC Vereenigde Oost-indische Compagnie, the Dutch East India Company. Just one year later 1629 the ship struck a reef near Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos and sank, and a cruel mutiny broke out among the survivors, after the captain left to get help. Many did not survive the massacre that followed. You can read here more about it .

[rusty-clockworks]

Me: *stimming and bouncing on my toes*

My dads girlfriend: are you excited for pizza tonight?

Me: yes but also I’m thinking about the Batavia shipwreck. I think it’s very cool