Voyage to Disaster Book

	Introduction to New Edition
	The Life and Times of Francisco Pelsaert
I	Pelsaert and the East India Company	3
II	Report From India	21
III	Distinction, Disaster, and Death	35
IV	The Skipper of the Batavia, and Others	61
V	Trade Jewels	84
VI	The Journals, and Some Legal Aspects	94
	The Journals of Francisco Pelsaert
	Officers, Crew and Others Aboard the Batavia who are mentioned in the Journals	107
	Diary of Events following the Wreck of the Batavia, 1629	112
	Text of the Journals	122
App. I	J. P. Coen's Order to Pelsaert	257
App. II	Last Letter of Francisco Pelsaert	259
App. III	The Dagh Register Report of 22nd March 1636	262
App. IV	The Letter of Gijsbert Bastiaensz, Predikant	263
App. V	Final Sentences on Men Already Examined and Sentenced Aboard Sardam	270
App. VI	Letter From Rubens to Peiresc	272
App. VII	The White Angel	273
App. VIII	Moreland's Assessment of Pelsaert	274
App. IX	The Site of the Wreck	275
App. X	The Landings in Australia	295
App. XI	Henrietta Drake-Brockman's Account of the Wreck Expedition	305
	Bibliography	311
	Index	317