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The Night Ship – Novel about the Batavia

Published by DACC on August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

A new book has been published about the doomed fate of the VOC ship the Batavia in 1629. In this case the historical story forms the background to fiction through the eyes of 9 year old Dutch girl Mayken. Read the review of ”The Night Ship” by Jess Kidd as published in the Australian Weekend (by Jack Stanton).

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