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SYMHC Classics: The Wreck of the Batavia

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Pelsert and the Batavia

Pelsert disembarked on an island that was about a mile away from the Wallaby Islands and they had water and wine and bread for the survivors with them. Soon, Webby Hayes and three other men rode up and told them to get back aboard the yacht because there were two parties of Cornelis's men on the loose. And while questioning his newfound prisoners, Pelsert learned that Jakob's and Cornelis original plan to mutiny had started way away from the ship. The rest of them were keeled hauled and dropped from yard arms and flogged on the way back to Batavia, where they were ultimately executed. All of the primary mutineers had their right hands

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