Vergulde Draeck
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The Vergulde Draeck was a Dutch merchant ship of the seventeenth century. It left from Texel bound for Batavia (now Jakarta), but on 28 April 1656 was wrecked off Ledge Point, 107 km north of Perth, Western Australia. 75 survivors (of 193 originally on board) made it to shore and dispatched a small boat to Batavia to call for help, but despite three missions to locate them, the remaining survivors were never found. The wreck was rediscovered in 1963.
