In 1629, the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia struck a reef off the coast of Western Australia. Hundreds survived the wreck, believing they had escaped death—but their nightmare was only beginning.

While a rescue mission crossed thousands of kilometers of open sea, Jeronimus Cornelisz seized control of the survivors. What followed was a terrifying story of mutiny, murder, resistance, and a desperate race for rescue.

Discover the true story of the Batavia, the shipwreck where the greatest danger was not the ocean, but the people who survived it.