Starvation, Not Evil: New Theory Challenges 400-Year-Old Batavia Massacre Narrative

New Theory Challenges 400-Year-Old Batavia Massacre Narrative (Image via Getty)

For nearly four centuries, the story of the Batavia shipwreck has been told as a tale of calculated evil—a heretical merchant named Jeronimus Cornelisz orchestrating a brutal massacre that claimed over 100 lives on remote…

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