Beschreibung:
On 4 June 1629, the Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company Fleet, was wrecked on her maiden voyage in a seemingly empty expanse of the Indian Ocean. The question "how did this happen?" led to 300 years of investigation by those curious to solve the enigma: what are corals, and how are coral reefs formed?
PART I: The Natural History Quest, 1600-1900.- PART II: A New Era in Reef Science.