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SYMHC Classics: The Wreck of the Batavia

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Cornelas's Downfall

Beacon Island later came to be known as Batavia's graveyard. When he saw survivors on one island continuing to wander around the shore when he thought they should be dead and then his little, I'll just get rid of them this way, plan had not worked out. He sent men in boats to kill them as well. This strategy of removing threats from the island became Cornelas's downfall.

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