The story of the shipwreck of the VOC returnship "The Batavia" in Australia.

In 1628, the largest Dutch United East India Company's Returnship, "The Batavia", was on her way to Batavia, VOC headquarters on Java in the East Indies. She had over 300 souls on board and very valuable cargo.

But trouble was brewing on the ship after the Upper Merchant and the Captain had a falling out...

-- SOURCES AND INFO --
Website with sources, music, list of images of the paintings used, social media links, etc: https://defraggedhistory.com/

Images and stock footage from Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Pexels.com, Pixabay.com, and own work.

All images with an * in the top right corner are not of the actual person but are taken from a painting from the period.

All music is licensed through Epidemic Sound.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 00. Title
0:00:12 01. The History So Far
0:04:33 02. Mission Control
0:05:36 03. Destination: Batavia
0:08:52 04. The Billion Dollar Ship
0:11:39 05. The Young and the Restless
0:16:59 06. Freaky Apothecary
0:21:30 07. Old Sea Dog
0:23:44 08. The Cargo
0:26:02 09. All Aboard!
0:30:58 10. Law and Order
0:33:23 11. Fits and Starts
0:37:36 12. Pork and Beans and Maggots
0:39:54 13. The Love Boat
0:42:19 14. Scurvy Belt
0:44:58 15. Confrontation at Table Bay
0:49:27 16. Richer Than Compaen
0:52:15 17. Whispers on the Waves
0:56:06 18. Sickbay
0:57:37 19. Godless and Wicked, Creepy and Cold
0:59:40 20. Pitch Black
1:02:12 21. Wary
1:04:43 22. Moonlight Dancing on the Water