Anthropological analyses of human skeletal remains associated with the Batavia mutiny of 1629

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Republished with permission. Chapter three of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf click here.

Peters, Nonja. ‘A Touch of Dutch’ pp.54-71 Chapter 3Download

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Dirk Drok and the discovery of the Batavia

The Batavia and its many stories.

Batavia research at Flinders University Archaeology

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