TY - BOOK AU - FitzSimons,Peter TI - Batavia: betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage : a spine-chilling chapter in Australian history SN - 9781864710403 (hbk.) AV - G530.B358 F57 2011 U1 - 919.4104 22 PY - 2011/// CY - North Sydney, N.S.W. PB - William Heinemann KW - Batavia (Ship) KW - fast KW - Shipwreck survival KW - Australia KW - Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.) KW - Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc KW - Mutiny KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Shipwrecks KW - Shipwrecks Western Australia Houtman Abrolhos Islands KW - Mutiny Western Australia Houtman Abrolhos Islands History KW - Western Australia KW - Houtman Abrolhos KW - Airplane crash survival KW - Survival at sea KW - Houtman Abrolhos Islands KW - Survival KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Netherlands KW - Antiquities KW - Multiple killings KW - History, Pre-1801 KW - Australian KW - Children's nonfiction N1 - Maps on end papers; Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-470) and index; Maps on end papers. -Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-470) and index. -It 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 N2 - It 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 ER -