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includes maps This is the story of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company ship, that was loaded with gold, silver and gems for its maiden voyage to Java. A disgraced, charismatic new employee plans a mutiny but does not succeed because the ship hits a coral reef and runs aground near Australia. The captain survives and goes for help but 250 survivors are left on an island and left with the mutineer. Their stay on the island is gruesome and astonishing and gives the book its title. This book is extremely well documented. |
