• 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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  • 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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