The Mutiny of the Batavia

The Batavia left Tessel in a convoy of seven ships, but at the very start of the voyage, they went through a huge storm. The under merchant Cornelis and the Shipper Jakobs started to conspire to commit mutiny. They also drew the ships high boson into their plot as well. And so as the ship departed from South Africa, in order to further their plan of mutiny, Jakobs deliberately steered the ship away from the two remaining ones in the convoy.