![Relics from the wreck of the Zeewyck ie Zeewijk June 9 1727](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2023-08/slwa_b2562937_1.jpg?h=ee5deef1&itok=0G95idLQ)
SLWA on ABC Radio
WA history
Listen to the incredible story of sunken treasure that has made its way through the years to find a home in the State Library’s rare collections. Coins from Dutch shipwrecks, what does seagull taste like and a Gelignite Buccaneer.
![Hondius World Map by Jodocus Hondius 1594-1629 issued 1664](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2022-10/Hondius%20world%20map%20Clement%20de%20jonghe%20image%201664.jpg?h=9b001c77&itok=5M05wtSP)
Maps and charts
WA history
A new addition to the State Library collection, the Hondius World Map by Jodocus Hondius the younger (1594 – 1629) is the earliest printed map to show the recent Dutch explorations on the West Coast of Australia.