Batavia
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20 7 March 2015, 17:36
Christian BruerVery nice and inspiring East Indiaman! I most like the rigging, very nice and clean.
@Martien, I have been there twice. Still I have been aboard I could not imagine what the sailors feel and how they lived on this small and cramped ship on their route to India!
Sadly they make no progress with De Zeven Provincien.
8 March 2015, 17:22
Kees KleijwegtThanks for the kind words mates!
@Martien, yes I've been to Lelystad. I was a sponsor of the project, so I visited the real Batavia a lot (for free 🙂)
@Christian, sadly there are no funds for the build of the 7 provinciën available anymore 🙁
And actually the Batavia never reached Indonesia, she ran at a reef at her maiden voyage. What happened on that ship and after she run on the reef is proper "hollywood material"
8 March 2015, 19:04
Kees KleijwegtThis is the history from Wikipedia...en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia_(ship)
8 March 2015, 19:12
Kees KleijwegtAnd Christian, this book will give you an idea of life on an East India "retourschip". The novel is based on the original account of the VOC "officer" on board of the Batavia.
amazon.com/Batavia-P../ref=tmm_pap_title_0
8 March 2015, 19:14
Jay DubyaYou can still get to see the real one at museum.wa.gov.au/museums/shipwrecks ... and read about it's history & discovery in harpercollins.com.au..ias-bloodiest-mutiny
Can anybody tell Fremantle is my 'home' town ?!!?
BTW Kees your work is simply exquisite. Cheers
9 March 2015, 04:07
Martin JakobsenVery impressive build mate, don't no how you kept your sanity with all that rigging😉
9 March 2015, 23:16
Michael O'HaganFantastic rigging very impressive as well as all the beautiful detail.
9 March 2015, 23:21
Jan PetersYour model makes me want to build one too 🙂
Very inspiring work Kees!
28 November 2023, 14:47
