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The Wreck of the Batavia (1973)

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Clip description

Pelsaert returns from Batavia in a rescue vessel for the crew shipwrecked off the Western Australian coast. Prison cells were built from coral on Long Island to confine the mutineers.

Curator’s notes

The story is told through drawings and footage of the location where the drama took place.