The Batavia
During the voyage from the Netherlands to Java, a company official named Jeronimus Cornelisz and the ship's skipper Ariaen Jacobsz had plotted and attempted an unsuccessful mutiny against Pelsaert.
The wreck of the Batavia took place on Morning Reef, about a mile to the south of what is now known as Beacon Island. Of the 341 passengers and crew, about 40 drowned early on while trying to reach a small island, while the rest succeeded in getting ashore. After a brief search of the island and several nearby islands, the commander realized that the islands held no natural water source, and decided to head for Batavia (Jakarta) on the island of Java to get help. He left with the ship's boat and a small party of officers and passengers.
After the departure of Pelsaert, Cornelisz finally succeeded with his mutiny by gathering a group of mutineers and taking control. Cornelisz and his men then began a reign of terror, murdering over 100 men, women and children before they finally found resistance from a group soldiers under the command of Wiebbe Hayes, who had been exiled to a neighbouring island.
In October 1629, after a 4-month absence, Pelsaert returned to the islands on the Sardam and quickly captured Cornelisz and his men, who were tried and executed. After several weeks spent trying to salvage the Batavia's goods, Pelsaert and the survivors returned to Java.
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