{"product_id":"batavias-graveyard-mike-dash-9780609807163","title":"Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny","description":"In 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Dash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0609807161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780609807163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Mike Dash","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048491577599,"sku":"9780609807163","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2422574b-b714-40fe-9fb4-b07926d3bdf9.jpg?v=1684996074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/batavias-graveyard-mike-dash-9780609807163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}