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Batavia : betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage. A spine-chilling chapter in Australian history / Peter FitzSimons.

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Record Number 648805
ISBN 9781864710403 (hbk.)
1864710403
Author FitzSimons, Peter
Title Batavia : betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage. A spine-chilling chapter in Australian history / Peter FitzSimons.
Publisher/Date Sydney, NSW : William Heinemann, c2011.
Pagination etc. xxii, 490 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents note Maps on end papers.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographic references and index.
Summary Note The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mutiny, ship-wreck, love, lust, blood-lust, petty fascist dictatorship, criminality, a reign of terror, murders most foul, sexual slavery, natural nobility, survival, retribution, rescue, first contact with native peoples and so much more.
Subject Batavia (Ship)
Shipwrecks -- Western Australia -- Houtman Abrolhos
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Mutiny -- Western Australia -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands -- History.
Shelf Location 919.4104 FITZ
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