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Islands Of Angry Ghosts
''Islands of Angry Ghosts'' is a 1966 book by Australian journalist and writer Hugh Edwards. The book is split into two parts: the first reconstructs the wreck and subsequent horrors, including mutiny, murder, rape and cannibalism, associated with the wreck of the Dutch East India Company's ''Batavia'' of the Western Coast of Australia; and the second follows the search for the wreck and salvage of the wreck by Edwards and a crew of divers. The book is one of the more famous retellings of the wreck and subsequent mutiny alongside works like Henrietta Drake-Brockman's '' Voyage to Disaster'' and Max Cramer's '' Tragedies and Triumphs of the Batavia Coast''. The book describes the "stark details of the months the survivors spent on the barren island." At the time, the book was well received, earning the Sir Thomas White Memorial Prize for the best work published by an Australian in 1966. Kirkus reviews called the book a "great relish", writing that readers are "certain to finish" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Edwards (journalist)
William Hugh Edwards (born 29 July 1933) is a Western Australian former journalist, author and marine photographer who has written numerous books on maritime, local and natural history and diving. Shipwrecks Edwards played a major part in the exploration of Dutch East India Company shipwrecks of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Western Australia coast. He was recognised as primary discoverer of the ''Batavia'' and '' Zeewyk''. ''The Batavia and Her Detectives'' Books and awards His book '' Islands of Angry Ghosts'' on his expedition to the site of '' |
Batavia (1628 Ship)
''Batavia'' () was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the company's new flagship, she sailed that year on her maiden voyage for Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. On 4 June 1629, ''Batavia'' was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of small islands off the western coast of Australia. As the ship broke apart, approximately 300 of the ''Batavias 341 passengers made their way ashore, the rest drowning in their attempts. The ship's commander, Francisco Pelsaert, sailed to Batavia to get help, leaving in charge Jeronimus Cornelisz, a senior VOC official who, unbeknownst to Pelsaert, had been plotting a mutiny prior to the wreck. Cornelisz sent about 20 men under soldier Wiebbe Hayes to nearby islands under the pretense of having them search for fresh water, abandoning them there to die. With the help of other mutineers, he then orchestrated a massacre that, over the course of several weeks, resulted in the murder of approximately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrietta Drake-Brockman
Henrietta Drake-Brockman (27 July 1901 – 8 March 1968) was an Australian journalist and novelist. Early life Henrietta Frances York Jull was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1901 to public service commissioner Martin Edward Jull (1862–1917), formerly of the Department of Works, and his wife Roberta (née Stewart), a medical doctor and social reformer. She was educated in Scotland, her mother's homeland, and at Frensham school for girls in Mittagong. She studied literature at the University of Western Australia and art in Henri Van Raalte's Perth studio. She married Geoffrey Drake-Brockman, then Commissioner for north western Australia, in 1921. Writing career Both Henrietta and her husband wrote about their travels in articles for ''The West Australian''. The travels were also sources for her novels. By the time the couple returned to Perth in 1926, Henrietta's reputation as a writer had become established. From her experiences of the North-West, she had written sketch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage To Disaster
Voyage(s) or The Voyage may refer to: Literature *''Voyage : A Novel of 1896'', Sterling Hayden * ''Voyage'' (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter *''The Voyage'', Murray Bail * "The Voyage" (short story), a 1921 story by Katherine Mansfield * "Voyage", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1996 book '' The Coral Sea'' * ''Voyages'' (poem), a 1926 poem by Hart Crane *Le Voyage, 1996 graphic novel, see Edmond Baudoin *Le Voyage, poem by Baudelaire Film and television * ''The Voyage'' (1921 film), an Italian silent drama film * ''The Voyage'' (1974 film), an Italian film * ''Voyage'' (2013 film), a Hong Kong film made mostly in English * ''Voyages'' (film), a 1999 film directed by Emmanuel Finkiel * ''Voyage'' (1993 film), a 1993 American TV film directed by John Mackenzie * Voyage.tv, an American online travel channel * Voyages Television, an international travel marketing channel * Voyage (French TV channel), a television channel in France operated by Path ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Cramer
Max Cramer OAM (6 July 1934 – 3 August 2010) was an Australian scuba diver who became famous as the co-discoverer of the wreck of the ''Batavia'' on 4 June 1963. He was involved in a number of maritime archaeology projects pertaining to historic shipwrecks in Western Australia. Early life Max Cramer was born on 6 July 1934. He grew up on Mt. Fairfax farm near Moonyoonooka, just east of Geraldton in Western Australia. He attended Geraldton Senior High School, leaving at 16 and becoming a builder by trade. In the 1950s he developed an interest in scuba diving, still a novel recreational activity. Cramer was also keen on local history and was aware that the Dutch ship ''Batavia'' had been wrecked off the coast of Geraldton, on the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, on 4 June 1629. This calamity had been followed by the infamous Batavia Mutiny. Searchers had been trying to locate the wreck of the ''Batavia'' for over 100 years. In fact, they had been searching in the wrong area for most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragedies And Triumphs Of The Batavia Coast
Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis, or a "pain hatawakens pleasure", for the audience. While many cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, the term ''tragedy'' often refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of Western civilization. That tradition has been multiple and discontinuous, yet the term has often been used to invoke a powerful effect of cultural identity and historical continuity—"the Greeks and the Elizabethans, in one cultural form; Hellenes and Christians, in a common activity," as Raymond Williams puts it. From its origins in the theatre of ancient Greece 2500 years ago, from which there survives only a fraction o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas White Memorial Prize
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InfoTrac Newsstand
InfoTrac is a family of full-text databases of content from academic journals and general magazines, of which the majority are targeted to the English-speaking North American market. As is typical of online proprietary databases, various forms of authentication are used to verify affiliation with subscribing academic, public, and school libraries. InfoTrac databases are published by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. InfoTrac was first publicly presented in January 1985 by Information Access Company (IAC) to library professionals at the American Library Association's annual conference in Washington, D.C. IAC began to roll out the system to subscribing libraries in the spring of 1985. As of June 1987, the first-generation InfoTrac system cost about $20,000 and its database came on a 12-inch LaserDisc Available through ProQuest. which was supposed to be updated every month. Available through ProQuest. The original InfoTrac system was an immediate success at most of the libraries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
