Images

Bust of future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 CE) as a successor to the throne, c. 138-144 CE. Altes Museum, Berlin.

Painted brick from Baba Jan, Luristan, Iron Age III, c. 850 to 550 BCE. National Museum of Iran, inv. no. 6735 This terracotta tile with a painted wheel is one of the c. 200 mural bricks that once decorated the “ceremonial...

Rijksdaalder silver coins from the Batavia (1629) shipwreck. Geraldton Museum, Western Australia.

The defensive position and lookout post constructed in 1629 on West Wallabi Island, Houtman Albrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia, built by Wiebbe Hayes and his men, who had been stranded on the island during the massacre of the Batavia...

Shipwreck of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel that was wrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629. Plate 2, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert, F., & Vliet, J., 1647...

Beacon Island, situated within an archipelago of 122 islands at the northern tip of the Houtman Albrolhos, Australia. Survivors from the Batavia shipwreck were ferried to this island.

One of the Batavia massacre (1629) victims, excavated on Beacon Island. Western Australian Shipwrecks Museum, Fremantle.

A replica of the Dutch East India Company ship, the Batavia, wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629.

Massacre of the survivors after the shipwreck of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel that was wrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629. Plate 3, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert...

Survivors being transferred from the wrecked Batavia to nearby islands in the ship's boats. Plate 1, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert, F., & Vliet, J., 1647. State Library of New South...