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Quenching the thirst: the Vergulde Draeck shipwreck survivors ashore

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Abstract

In trying to reconstruct what happened to the sailors from the Vergulde Draeck shipwreck who were stranded on the inhospitable western coast of Australia, it is important to ask where they would have found water.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationShipwrecks of the Roaring Forties
Subtitle of host publicationResearching Some of Australia’s Earliest Shipwrecks
EditorsJeremy Green, Alistair Paterson
PublisherUniversity of Western Australia Press
Chapter3
Pages115–124
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781760800444
Publication statusPublished - 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Keywords

  • Vergulde Draak
  • Water
  • Shipwreck survivors
  • Shipwreck Archaeology
  • Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
  • Dutch East India Company
  • Drinking water

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