The second Batavia image. Second part of the sory related to this ship. I posted the first one yesterday. Jeronimus Cornelisz was well aware that Pelsaert would report the impending mutiny and that Jakobsz would put the blame on him. Therefore, he made plans to hijack the rescue ship when it arrived and seek a safe haven with that. He even made plans to start a new kingdom. For this, he needed to eliminate any possible opponents. His followers murdered a total of 125 men, women, and children, after having moved a group of soldiers under Wiebbe Hayes to a nearby island (West Wallabi) under false pretences. Location of the wreck of the Batavia Just as he was about to eliminate this remaining group as well, Pelsaert arrived, and this combined force captured the mutineers after a short battle. The worst offenders, after a brief trial, were executed on the island. Two young sailors were marooned on mainland Australia, never to be heard of again. Reports of unusually light-skinned Aborigines in the area by later British settlers suggested the two men might have actually been adopted into a local Aboriginal clan. (In fact, any pre-1788 European survivors in the area are much more likely to have been from the thirty or so who escaped the wreck of the Zuytdorp in the same region in 1712.) The lesser offenders were taken back to Batavia to be tried. In Batavia, most of them were executed, after already having been punished by flogging, keelhauling and being dropped from the yard arm. As an example, Cornelisz's second in command was broken on the wheel because Cornelisz himself had already been executed. In total, almost all mutineers were killed, except Jakobsz, who did not confess despite torture, so not enough evidence could be amassed against him. What finally happened to him is not known, but he is suspected to have died in the prison at Batavia. Pelsaert was held partly responsible for what happened because of lack of authority. Wiebe Hayes was promoted. Cornelisz never committed any murders himself; using his powers of persuasion instead to let others do the dirty work for him. Of the original 341 on board the ship Batavia, only 68 made it to Jakarta, the final destination.