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Dutch East India Company shipbuilding : the archaeological study of Batavia and other seventeenth-century VOC ships /

Eight months into its maiden voyage to the Indies, the Dutch East India Company's Batavia sank on June 4, 1629 on Morning Reef in the Houtman Abrolhos off the western coast of Australia. Wendy van Duivenvoorde's five-year study was aimed at reconstructing the hull of Batavia, the only exca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Duivenvoorde, Wendy, 1974- (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Subjects:
Batavia (Ship)
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie > History.
Indiamen > Netherlands.
Shipbuilding > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Hulls (Naval architecture) > Design and construction.
Shipwrecks > Australia > Western Australia.
Underwater archaeology > Australia > Western Australia.
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
Indiamen > Pays-Bas.
Construction navale > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Naufrages > Australie > Australie-Occidentale.
Archéologie sous-marine > Australie > Australie-Occidentale.
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
Hulls (Naval architecture) > Design and construction
Indiamen
Shipbuilding
Shipwrecks
Underwater archaeology
Netherlands
Western Australia
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
Batavia > Schiff
Handelsschiff
Schiffbau
Construcció naval > Història.
Embarcacions > Construcció > Història.
Naufragis > Australia.
Arqueologia submarina.
Països Baixos > Història > S. XVII.
1600-1699
History
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Summary:Eight months into its maiden voyage to the Indies, the Dutch East India Company's Batavia sank on June 4, 1629 on Morning Reef in the Houtman Abrolhos off the western coast of Australia. Wendy van Duivenvoorde's five-year study was aimed at reconstructing the hull of Batavia, the only excavated remains of an early seventeenth-century Indiaman to have been raised and conserved in a way that permits detailed examination, using data retrieved from the archaeological remains, interpreted in the light of company archives, ship journals, and Dutch texts on shipbuilding of this period. Over two hundred tables, charts, drawings, and photographs are included.
Physical Description:xiii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.
ISBN:9781623491796
1623491797