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Question: What was the purpose of the batavia ship!?!?!?!?!?
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On 29 October 1628, the newly built Batavia, commissioned by the Dutch East India Company, sailed from Texel for the Dutch East Indies, to obtain spices!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)!. She was built in Amsterdam in 1628, and had 24 cast-iron cannons!. Batavia was shipwrecked on her maiden voyage, and made famous by the subsequent mutiny and massacre that took place among the survivors!.Www@QuestionHome@Com