81 3449 VOC and WIC Pelsaert F
81/3449 [VOC and WIC]. Pelsaert, F. Ongeluckige Voyagie, Van 't Schip Batavia, nae Oost-Indien. Amst., G.J. Saeghman, n.d. (±1660), 44p., woodcut title ill., large allegorical ill. by C. VAN SICHEM, 6 engr. ills., contemp. chintz wr.

- Very fine copy.

= Tiele 851 (note); Tiele mémoire 243; Landwehr, VOC 411 and Rouffaer/ Muller p.53 (both ed. 1648); cat. NHSM p.187 (ed. 1647); not in Cox. A very rare reimpression of the ed. 1648, with fine ills. of the flagship Batavia on her way to Java and her shipwreck on the coral reef of Albrolhos. After saving the greater part of the 341 passengers and crew, captain Pelsaert went back searching for castaways. During his absence Jeronymus Cornelisz., "Apotheker van Haerlem, Onder-Koopman op 't verongeluckte schip Batavia" started a reign of terror, killing 120 passengers and crew members. On his return, Pelsaert sentenced Cornelisz. and seven other rebels to death. The island on which these events took place is called "Bataviaes Kerck-hof" (Batavia's graveyard). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.

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