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Dutch Pronunciation Guide
CHRISTIAN NAMES PHONETIC ENGLISH EQUIVALENT
Belijtgen bel-LIGHT-ren Mabel
Coenraat CORN-rat Conrad
Cornelis cor-NAY-lee-us Cornelius
Hilletgie HILL-et-treen Gilberta
Gijsbert/Gsbert GUYZ-bert Gilbert
Gillis HILL-is Giles
Jan YANN John
Janneken YONN-a-kun Jane
Jeurian YOOR-ee-an George
Maeyken MY-ken Mary, Maria
Mattys MATT-ayz Matthew
Marretgie MARR-et-heuh Margaret
Roelant ROO-lant Roland
Teunis TERN-is Anthony
Tryntgien TRENT-ee-en Catherine
Wiebbe webb-UH [Frisian name]
Willemijntgie will-em-EEN-tee-ah Wilhelmina
Wouter VOW-ter Walter
Wybrecht VY-brecht “Glittering strife”
Zwaantie SVAAN-tee-ah “Little swan”
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NB: “ken” and “ie” are Dutch diminutives meaning“small” or “little”
Surnames
Cardoes kar-DOOS
Cornelisz cor-NAY-lee-us (-zoon)
Loos LOW-se
Places
Hoorn horn
Houtman’s Abrolhos HOWT-man’s ab-ROL-hoss
Leeuwarden loo-WAH-den
Monnickendam MON-ik-an-dam
Texel TESS-el
VOC SHIPS PHONETIC MEANING
Aagtekerke AHG-te-kerk-eh Named after a village in Zeeland
Batavia BAT-ah-fee-uh Named for the VOC’s main base in the EastIndies
Duyfken DYFE-ken Little Dove
Fortuyn FOR-town Fortune
’s Gravenhage SCHRAR-vun-har-chen The Hague
Meeuwtje MAY-oot-chee-ah Little Seagull
Ridderschap van Holland RIDD-er-schap Knighthood ofHolland
&nb
sp; Vergulde Draeck fer-HOOL-duh DRAAK Gilt Dragon
Zeewijk ZAY-vayk Named after a village in Zeeland
Zuytdorp ZOWT-dorp Named after a village in Zeeland
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Acknowledgments
The writing of Batavia’s Graveyard involved considerable research and would never have been possible without the help—freely offered and gratefully received—of a large number of people.
I owe particular thanks to my research assistant, drs Henk Looijesteijn of Amsterdam, who carried out extensive original research on my behalf in archives the length and breadth of the Netherlands, and whose discoveries have added immeasurably to our knowledge of the Batavia and her passengers and crew.
I have also been fortunate enough to receive valuable assistance from many other sources. In Australia, drs Marit van Huystee and drs Juliïtte Pasveer of the Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, generously shared the results of their recent archaeological work on Beacon Island; Marit was also kind enough to read and comment on the manuscript. Ed Punchard of Prospero Productions told me a good deal about conditions in the Abrolhos Islands. Dr. Alanah Buck and Dr. Stephen Knott of the Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research in Perth explained what the skeletons of Cornelisz’s victims, dug up on the island, can tell us about the Batavia mutineers and their bloody methods; and Max Cramer and the staff of Abrolhos Helicopters in Geraldton helped during my flying visit to the site of the tragedy.
In the Netherlands, Professor Femme Gaastra of the University of Leiden described his research into the possible survival of shipwrecked Dutch mariners in the Australian interior, and Dr. F. W. M. de Rooij of Erasmus University, Rotterdam discussed the implications of the existence of porphyria in Australia and the possibility that shipwrecked Dutchmen might have been integrated into aboriginal society. Paul van Dam of the Gemeente Archief, Haarlem, was especially helpful during research in Cornelisz’s old stamping ground.
My agent, Patrick Walsh, had enormous belief in this book from the start and was a great support during the final stages of writing. My remarkable editor, Rachel Kahan, shared Patrick’s faith in the project and was a valued source of inspiration and advice.