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Batavia : betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage : a spine-chilling chapter in Australian history / Peter FitzSimons.
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$ 31517
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$a9781864710403 (hbk.)
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$a919.4104
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$aFitzSimons, Peter.
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$aNorth Sydney, N.S.W. :$bWilliam Heinemann,$c2011.
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$axxii, 490 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
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$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 449-470) and index.
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$aIt is no surprise that the barbarity and evil that came in the wake of the wreck of the Batavia has inspired books, radio and TV documentaries, plays and an opera. Lust, jealously, greed, madness, deception, rape, murder - all the classic ingredients conspire in the Batavia story to produce a scenario that is truly frightening.
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$aShipwrecks$zWestern Australia$zHoutman Abrolhos Islands.
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$aSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
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$aMutiny$zWestern Australia$zHoutman Abrolhos Islands$xHistory.
