So far, he has built Batavia, while a second ship The Seven Provinces, is a work-in-progress.
The replica of Batavia at Bataviawerf.
Long forgotten, traditional crafts such as woodcarving, forgoing and rigging had to be re-learnt.
The remains of the original ship in Fremantle, as well as theVasa in Stockholm, provided invaluable information.
The survivors managed to swim to the nearby Beacon Island, but about 40 people drowned.
The crew tried to provoke the ships commander, Francisco Pelsaert, by molesting a high-ranking young female passenger.
However, Pelsaert choose not to act until they reached land, and the mutiny failed.
Forty people drowned, but the rest managed to swim to Beacon Island.
The journey took 33 days, and extraordinarily, all aboard survived.
On arrival in Batavia, the ships boatswain was arrested and executed for negligence.
Skipper Jacobsz was also arrested, but Pelsaert was unaware of his hand in the potential mutiny.
He did the same to a group of soldiers, taking care to confiscate their arms before they left.
The remaining were systematically murdered by Corneliszs psychotic men.
A reign of terror ensued as the mutineers became intoxicated with murder, and began killing for pleasure.
Some of the women were kept alive and repeatedly raped.
Beacon Island, where the horrific events unfolded.
Then they sent smoke signals to Cornelisz and waited for the mutineers to arrive.
At this point, Pelsaerts rescue ship arrived.
Wiebbe Hayes raced to the ship to warn the rescuers about the mutineers, and explained what had happened.
Pelsaert captured Cornelisz and the remaining mutineers and held an impromptu trial on the island itself.
The worst offenders were executed, while Cornelisz and several others had their hands chopped off before being hanged.
The remaining mutineers were taken to Batavia for trial.
The wreckage of Batavia was found and salvaged in the 1970s.
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The gundeck on the replica Batavia.
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Sources:Wikipedia/Western Australian Museum/www.bataviawerf.nl
