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ZEEWIJK – Van de Graeff 1727

Date
1727-06-09
Place
Jakarta
Subject
Category
Author
Graeff, Adriaen, van de
Keywords
Shipwrecks
Current holder
Link
Series number
1.04.02 inv. nr. 11417
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1727
Description from source
Digital archive of shipwreck journals

The Zeewijk’s perilous journey was chronicled by its second mate, Adriaen van de Graeff. The ship wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos on 9 June 1727. Of the initial crew of 208, only 82 survived to eventually reach Batavia. The digitised journal, transcriptions and translations from the point of the wrecking onwards are available here.
Physical format
Diaries
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