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1162:Magdalena
1028:Cerisoles
1004:Georgiana
890:0083-873X
674:: 18–33.
499:HMS
348:Geraldton
89:Completed
1245:Hartwell
1121:Geltwood
1044:Bismarck
1036:Inkerman
895:26 April
693:17 April
684:Archived
542:See also
497:In 1840
490:and the
452:mangrove
319:the Cape
304:guilders
151:Armament
58:Namesake
1293:Hastier
1221:Zeewijk
1213:Fortuyn
1197:Batavia
1178:Zenobia
1138:Titanic
1105:Tayleur
1097:New Era
1052:Shinano
917:Zeewijk
522:Batavia
506:Zeewijk
468:Zeewijk
460:Sloepie
448:Zeewijk
444:Sloepie
440:Sloepie
433:Sloepie
378:Zeewijk
342:of the
300:Jakarta
291:Zeewijk
264:Batavia
259:Sloepie
248:at the
232:of the
219:Zeewijk
180:Zeewijk
127:Tonnage
103:on the
101:Wrecked
81:Zeeland
64:Zeewijk
52:Zeewijk
29:History
23:Zeewijk
1427:(1876)
1424:Mohawk
1408:(1988)
1405:Reijin
1400:(1982)
1392:(1981)
1384:(1943)
1376:(1943)
1368:(1942)
1360:(1942)
1352:(1942)
1344:(1942)
1336:(1942)
1328:(1942)
1320:(1941)
1312:(1941)
1304:(1923)
1296:(1919)
1288:(1918)
1285:Dumaru
1280:(1890)
1272:(1855)
1264:(1852)
1256:(1830)
1248:(1787)
1240:(1773)
1232:(1749)
1224:(1727)
1216:(1723)
1208:(1719)
1200:(1629)
1181:(1980)
1173:(1959)
1165:(1949)
1157:(1932)
1141:(1912)
1124:(1875)
1116:(1871)
1108:(1854)
1100:(1854)
1092:(1854)
1084:(1851)
1081:Amazon
1076:(1609)
1055:(1944)
1047:(1941)
1039:(1918)
1031:(1918)
1023:(1878)
1015:(1866)
1007:(1863)
999:(1729)
991:(1628)
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548:ANCODS
501:Beagle
336:
225:Zeewyk
135:Length
1397:Ranga
1012:Flach
872:(PDF)
802:(PDF)
785:, p22
687:(PDF)
662:(PDF)
591:Notes
513:guano
456:sloop
395:Ghent
294:from
238:Dutch
69:Owner
1277:Irex
1135:RMS
988:Vasa
897:2021
886:ISSN
876:ISBN
779:ISBN
695:2020
616:2020
577:ISBN
431:The
289:The
222:(or
216:The
143:Crew
117:Type
97:Fate
92:1725
48:Name
676:doi
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