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SYMHC Classics: The Wreck of the Batavia

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Batavia's Wreck

The Batavia and its shipwreck wound up being the source of a whole lot of first slash other notable historical things like it was the first Dutch ship lost off the coast of Australia. The two marooned mutineers were the first European residents of Australia. This whole incident also inspired the VOC to methodically map the coastline of Australia so that perhaps such a disaster would never happen again.

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