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The wreck of the VOC 'retourschip Zeewijk': An archaeological and historical puzzle

The wreck of the VOC 'retourschip Zeewijk': An archaeological and historical puzzle

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The wreck of the VOC 'retourschip Zeewijk': An archaeological and historical puzzle

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The wreck of the VOC 'retourschip Zeewijk': An archaeological and historical puzzle

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Bulletin of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, 2015-01, Vol.39, p.9-26

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The Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship 'Zeewijk' was wrecked on Half Moon Reef in the Pelsaert (southern) Group of the Houtman Abrolhos, off the Western Australian coast in 1727 (Fig. 1). The survivors remained on a nearby island, eventually building a rescue boat and finally reaching their intended destination of Batavia (modern Jakarta) after 16...

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The wreck of the VOC 'retourschip Zeewijk': An archaeological and historical puzzle

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_rmit_collectionsjats_10_3316_informit_768278800868172

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1447-0276

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