Blog post | 05-07-2023 | Project member
A chest found at the wrecksite of the Dutch East India Company's ship Rooswijk contains 100 sabres with intritate designs.
The Rooswijk sabres are all intricatly designed with suns, stars, moons, and more. The sabres were found in a chest, carried by ...
Blog post | 27-02-2023 | Project member
During the excavations of the Dutch East India Company ship Rooswijk, parts of a trumpet were found. This blog describes the ...
Blog post | 11-01-2021 |
In this blog the pottery found on the VOC-ship Rooswijk is discussed, being analyzed by specialists Jan van Doesburg from the ...
Blog post | 17-11-2020 |
In this blog Alex Bliss discusses the glass artefacts found on the VOC-ship Rooswijk which sank near the Goodwin Sands in 1740. ...
Blog post | 21-09-2020 |
A blog about lighting on the Dutch VOC-ship the Rooswijk which sank in 1740 near the coast of England. Alex Bliss from MSDS ...
Blog post | 25-06-2020 |
Hollywood and many modern romanticised stories fete the Age of Sail as an exciting time-period populated by dashing pirates, ...
Blog post | 10-06-2020 |
The story of the Rooswijk is a heady mix of different stories from all manner of perspectives, but perhaps one of the most ...
Blog post | 25-05-2020 |
The Rooswijk was an East Indiaman belonging to the Dutch East India Company (VOC) which sank in Goodwin Sands on the 10th of ...
Blog post | 09-08-2018 | Martijn Manders
We have a team that’s fun and running smoothly although circumstances are very difficult. Of course we knew this after our ...
