Title: The wreck of the Batavia
Description: This book is actually comprised of two narratives; the true story of the wreck of the schooner Batavia, and an account of the author's brief trip on a Breton fishing boat.  The Batavia was a Dutch merchant ship, sailing for the Dutch East India Company from Holland to Java, in 1629.  The ship was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia and the survivors endured a harrowing experience under an officer out of control.; of 300 who made it to shore, 200 were slaughtered before a rescue vessel arrived.  65 pages.   "Prosper" recounts the author's  short time aboard one of the last sailing tuna fishing boats in 1958.  50 pages.  Both accounts are interesting and informative.
Subjects: Batavia (Ship), Shipwrecks, Shipwreck victims, Dutch East Indies Company, sail-powered fishing boats, Brittany, shipboard life
Places: Australia, Brittany
People: Jeronimus Cornelisz, Torrentius
Time periods: 1629; 1958