two Dutch ships, the Maria de Medicis and the Gulden Buijs were wrecked in a storm. It was 26 November 1641 and they were on their way to Batavia (today’s Jakarta) from Formosa (now Taiwan).

Plate 3 from the 1647 Dutch book, "Unlucky voyage of the ship Batavia", depicts the slaughter of innocent men, women and children by a rogue group of fellow survivors. Credit: Wikimedia Commons ...

The crew of the Dutch ship found themselves in danger after the immigrants they rescued staged a rebellion. Attempting to take over the ship, they pulled out knives. The Dutch managed to deal with ...

Worldwide, people knew who we were. Because of this reputation we came in contact with a Dutch ship owner, who asked us to design a lifeboat that was safer than anything ever built before.

BATAVIA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Neighbors in Batavia may need to look for their groceries elsewhere this weekend. The Save-A-Lot right in the heart of the city will close its doors permanently on ...

BATAVIA — The town has changed the scope of renovations at a town court project site on West Main Street Road, increasing the maximum cost about a million dollars. The maximum cost of the ...

Batavia got an early start on Halloween with BatFest in the city’s downtown on Saturday. Bethanne Guidarelli lives in Sugar Grove but grew up in Batavia and decided to come back to her hometown ...

Slow starts have hampered Batavia’s football team in two of the past three weeks against St. Charles North and Geneva. That wasn’t the case against St. Charles East Friday night. Junior ...

“It was a great feeling just being able to see some open grass.” The win moved Batavia to 7-1 on the season and 5-1 in DuKane Conference play. A win next week, as well as a loss from Geneva ...

The ship named Batavia, with over 340 passengers aboard ... were among the cargo destined for export to India. "The Dutch pioneered a shorter Southern Indian ocean route called Brewer's Route ...