Bloodiest Mutiny & Shipwreck in History: Batavia

Bloodiest Mutiny & Shipwreck in History: Batavia

What happens when you're left on a desert island with a psychopath? This is a story so horrendous it would be hard to believe were it not for the skeletons left behind. Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney through the shipwreck of the Batavia.


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