{"product_id":"batavias-graveyard-the-true-story-of-the-mad-heretic-who-l-1","title":"Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who L","description":"\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0609807161\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dash, Mike\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e new\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king?s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol of the world?s richest and most powerful monopoly.The company also sent along a new employee to guard its treasure. He was Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a disgraced and bankrupt man with great charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, he hatched a plot to seize the ship and her riches. The mutiny might have succeeded, but in the dark morning hours of June 3, 1629, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The captain and skipper escaped the wreck, and in a tiny lifeboat they set sail for Java-some 1,500 miles north-to summon help. More than 250 frightened survivors waded ashore, thankful to be alive. Unfortunately, Jeronimus and the mutineers had survived too, and the nightmare was only beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n        ","brand":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49680321577200,"sku":"NEW0609807161","price":18.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/batavias-graveyard-the-true-story-of-the-mad-heretic-who-l-1","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}