The Vergulde Draeck (pronounced [vɛrˈɣʏldə ˈdraːk]), also spelled Vergulde Draak and Vergulde Draek (meaning Gilt Dragon), was a 41.8-metre (137 ft),...
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Draeck may refer to: Vergulde Draeck Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem (died 1525), Mayor of Antwerp De Groene Draeck Gulden Draak Hotel de Draak Joris en...
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Dutch vessel belonging to the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), Vergulde Draeck, struck a reef off Ledge Point on the central west coast of Western...
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Isles, led by Charles II. April 28 – The Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck, with 193 crew aboard and a valuable cargo is wrecked off Ledge Point...
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proceeded northwards without much investigation. On 28 April 1656, Vergulde Draeck en route to Batavia (now Jakarta) was shipwrecked 107 km (66 mi) north...
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ANCODS (section Vergulde Draeck (1656))
site. Wrecked in 1656 south of Ledge Point, Western Australia, the Vergulde Draeck (or Gilt Dragon, as it is more commonly known) was the first to be...
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Several ships were wrecked along the coast, including Batavia in 1629, Vergulde Draeck in 1656, Zuytdorp in 1712, and Zeewijk in 1727. In 1696 Willem de Vlamingh...
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(under command of Samuel Volkersen) had been searching for survivors of Vergulde Draeck, which had been wrecked off the western coast of Australia in April...
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Drive (State Route 60). Lancelin is close to the shipwreck site of the Vergulde Draeck or Gilt Dragon that was wrecked on rocks close to shore in 1656. The...
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Isles, led by Charles II. April 28 – The Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck, with 193 crew aboard and a valuable cargo is wrecked off Ledge Point...
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van rampen buiten Nederland met Nederlandse dodelijke slachtoffers "Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)". Shipwreck Databases. Western Australian Museum. Retrieved...
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found evidence of mutiny and many previous survivors murdered. 1656 – Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) en route to Batavia was shipwrecked 107 km (66 mi) north...
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Guilderton. The coins were thought to be from the wreck of the Dutch ship, Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) that had foundered on a reef north of the river-mouth...
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17th-century shipwrecks in Australia Tryall (1622) 't Wapen van Hoorn (1622) Vianen (1628) Batavia (1629) Vergulde Draeck (1656) Ridderschap van Holland (1694)...
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Batavia. (Perth: Abrolhos, 1994) Green, Jeremy N.: Treasures from the 'Vergulde Draeck' (Gilt Dragon). (Perth: Western Australian Museum, 1974) Green, Jeremy...
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divers discovered the wreck of the Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) which sank on 28 April 1656 after striking reef near...
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indigenous inhabitants. This is especially of interest at the wrecks of the Vergulde Draeck and Zuytdorp. Other notable pre-colonial wrecks include Correio da...
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ships were wrecked on the Western Australian reefs, among them the Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon). Abraham Leeman and crew from the Waeckende Boey, while...
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efforts ensued following the 1656 wreck of the Dutch merchant ship Vergulde Draeck off the west coast of Australia. Survivors sought help, and in response...
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Cowan and Alan Robinson) to see wreckage that later proved to be the Vergulde Draeck (1656) popularly known as the Gilt Dragon. In December of that year...
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significant events. January–April - Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck wrecked in 1656 off Western Australia. Instituto Nacional de Antropología...
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C. Clarke and associates. April 13 - Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck wrecked in 1656 off Western Australia. September - Hinton St Mary Mosaic...
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sailor. He was second officer on the Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) which was wrecked in April 1656 just south of Ledge Point...
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notable local historical shipwrecks such as the Zuytdorp, Zeewijk and Vergulde Draeck.[citation needed] The explorer George Grey, while on his second disastrous...
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(110 m) taking, sixteen men, two women and a child with her. 28 April — Vergulde Draeck ( Dutch East India Company): The pinnace broke in two when she ran...
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named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt. 1656 28 April In 1656 the Vergulde Draeck struck a submerged coral reef midway between what are now the coastal...
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the estuary from Australind) on 24 February 1658 while looking for Vergulde Draeck, but did not land. A few months later, Elburg, under Capt. J. P. Peereboom...
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estuary from Australind) on 24 February 1658 while looking for the Vergulde Draeck but did not land. Until the 1980s, the area was used only for low-level...
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ship had sailed from Batavia in search of survivors of the missing Vergulde Draeck which was later found wrecked 80 kilometres (50 mi) north near present-day...
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one life. Survivors were stranded on Middle Island for six months. Vergulde Draeck Dutch East India Company 28 April 1656 Dutch VOC merchant sailing...
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