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The wreck of the Batavia

by Simon Leys

This volume comprises two narratives: an account of the 1629 wreck of the Dutch vessel Batavia off Western Australia and the subsequent massacre of survivors, and a 1958 description of a voyage aboard a Breton sailing tuna boat.

Accession 21528 ISBN 9781560258216 Publisher Thunder's Mouth Press
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