| Pro | | | Morning Reef |
| | Batavia | | Dutch East India Company ship. |
| | Ariaen | Jacobsz | A skipper. |
| | Francisco | Pelsaert | An upper merchant. |
| | Hans | Bosschieter | A ship crew. |
| | Allert | Janssen | A gunner from Assendelft. |
| | Lucas | Gerritsz | The steward's mate. |
| | Lenert | van Os | A young VOC cadet. |
| | Cornelis | Janssen | A drunken young sailor. aka: Bean. |
| | Ryckert | Woutersz | A Frisian seaman. |
| | Jean | Thirion | An old soldier from the Germantown. |
| | Frederick | de Houtman | The first merchant who had run the island Abrolhos. |
| | Jan | Evertsz | A high boatswain. |
| | Gillis | Fransz | An expert sailor. |
| | Jeronimus | Cornelisz | One of the senior VOC officials. |
| 1 | | | The Heretic |
| | Gideon | DeLaune | A French emigrant. |
| | St. | Fiacre | An Irish priest. |
| | Gerrit | Evertsz | A Leeuwarden apothecary. |
| | Belijtgen | Jacobsdr | Jeronimus Cornelisz's lawful housewife. |
| | Cathalijntgen | van Wijmen | A midwife. |
| | Maijcke van | den Broecke | A woman who suckle Cathalijntgen's breast to produce milk. |
| | Heyltgen | Jansdr | A nurse. |
| | Loth | Vogel | A merchant. |
| | Elsken | Adamsdr | One of Heyltgen's neighbor. |
| | Aert | Dircxsz | A widower. Heyltgen's acquaintance. aka: Velvet Trousers. |
| | Martin | Luther | A German friar, Catholic priest, professor of theology. |
| | John | Calvin | A French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva. |
| | Menno | Simmons | A Frissian preacher. |
| | Jan | van Batenburg | Leader of the sect called Batenburgers. |
| | Giraldo | Thibault | One who runs a fencing club. |
| | Conelis | van Hogelande | A philosophy professor at the University of Leyden. |
| | Guillermo | Bartolotti | Thibault's brother-in-law. |
| | Johannes | van der Beeck | One of the finest of Dutch painters. aka: Torrentius. |
| | Jacob | Schoudt | Jeronimus' solicitor. |
| | Lenaert | Lenaertsz | A well-respected local merchant. |
| | Cornelia | van Camp | Torrentius' wife. |
| | Hendrick | van Swieten | Torrentius' acquaintance. |
| | Epicurus | | An Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| | Christian | Rosenkreuz | Founder of the Rosicrucian Order. |
| | Descartes | | A French philosopher. |
| 2 | | | Gentlemen XVII |
| | Pope | Alexander VI | The head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States. |
| | Jan Huyghen | van Linschoten | A Dutch Protestant merchant,
traveler and historian. |
| | Reinier | Pauw | A rich and influential merchant. |
| | Gerrit | van Beuningen | The upper-merchant of the fleet's flagship. |
| | Cornelis | de Houtman | A hotheaded adventurer who had served 3 years in prison. |
| | Gentlemen XVII | | Name for the BOD of the Dutch United East India Company (VOC). |
| | Jacob | Poppen | The richest man in the Dutch Republic. |
| | Pieter van | den Broecke | Dutch merchant at Surat. |
| | Huybert | Visnich | Runs a VOC trading post in Persia. |
| | Adriaen | Block | A Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain. |
| | Jan | Rijksen | The architect of the original Batavia. |
| | Emperor | Jahangir | 4th Mughal Emperor. |
| | Hendrick | Vapoer | A man who had a real talent for dealing the Mogul government. |
| | Commander | Grijph | The fleet's president. |
| | Wollebrand G. | de Jongh | A VOC servant who was appointed head of its Iranian factory. |
| | Jacques | Specx | One of the most senior and experienced trader in VOC. |
| 3 | | | The Tavern of the Ocean |
| | Claas | Gerritsz | The upper-steerman. |
| | Gijsbert | Bastiaensz | A minister. |
| | Lucretia | Jansdochter | One of Batavia's passengers. aka: Creesje. |
| | Bastiaen | Gijsbrechtsz | Gijsbert's father. |
| | Maria | Schepens | Gijsbert's wife. |
| | Boudewijn | van der Mijlen | A VOC under merchant. |
| | Steffanie | | Creesje's mother. |
| | Dirk | Krijnen | A naval office. Creeje's stepfather. |
| | Sara | | Creeje's sister. |
| | Weijntgen | Dircx | Creeje's stepsister. |
| | Hans | | Creeje's son. |
| | Lijsbet | | One of Creeje's daughters. |
| | Stefani | | One of Creeje's daughters. |
| | Jan | Pinten | An Englishman soldier. |
| | Gabriel | Jacobszoon | A Dutch corporal. |
| | Jacop | Pietersz | Jacobszoon's assistant. aka: Stone-Cutter. |
| | Coenraat | van Huyssen | A cadet and later councillor to Cornelisz. |
| | Olivier | van Welderen | A Batavia's crew. |
| | Gsbert | van Welderen | Olivier's brother. |
| | Jacob Jansz | Hollert | One of the watch-keepers. |
| | Pieter | Jansz | A mechanic. |
| | Salomon | Deschamps | Pelsaert's favorite clerk. |
| | Jan | Gerritsz | The ship's gardener. |
| | Nicolaes | de Graaf | A surgeon. |
| | Francis | Drake | An English explorer, sea captain, privateer and naval officer. |
| | Abraham | Gerritsz | A glass painter. |
| | Pieter | Both | A Dutch colonial governor. |
| | Jan | Coen | Both's successor. |
| | Zwaantie | Hendricx | Lucretia's maid. |
| | Bartholomeu | Dias | A Portuguese explorer. |
| 4 | | | Terra Australis Incognita |
| | Frans | Jansz | The Batavia's surgeon. |
| | Aris | Jansz | Frans' assistant. |
| | Jan | Loxe | A sea surgeon. |
| | Harman | Nannings | A quartemaster. |
| | Cornelis | Dircxsz | An Alkmaar man. |
| | Marco | Polo | A Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer. |
| | Pedro Sancho | de la Hoz | A Spanish merchant, conquistador and adelantado. |
| | Henrik | Brouwer | A senior VOC officer. |
| | Zeewolf | | A ship. |
| | Vianen | | A Dutch ship. |
| | John | Brookes | Commander of the Tyrall ship. |
| | Thomas | Bright | Captain of the Tyrall ship. |
| 5 | | | The Tiger |
| | Wybrecht | Claasen | A servant-girl. |
| | Jan | Hendricxsz | One of German mercenaries. |
| | Mattys | Beer | One of German mercenaries. |
| | Rutger | Fredricx | Batavia's locksmith. |
| | Davis | Zevanck | One of Batavia's clerks. |
| | Otto | Smit | One of a young cadets. |
| | Allert | Jansz | One of a young cadets. |
| | Wiebbe | Hayes | Batavia's private soldier. |
| | Abraham | Hendricz | A soldier. |
| | Egbert | Roeloffsz | One of the carpenters. |
| | Warnar | Dircx | One of the carpenters. |
| | Daniel | Cornelissen | One of Jeronimus' men. |
| | Hans | Frederick | One of Jeronimus' men. |
| | Hans | Radder | A cadet. |
| | Jacop | Groenwald | The Batavia's upper-trumpeter. |
| | Andries | Liebent | A Company cadet. |
| | Andries | de Vries | An assistant from
Middleburg. |
| | Andries | Jonas | One of Cornelisz's followers. |
| | Claas | Harmanszoon | A German soldier. |
| | Claudine | Patoys | One of the passengers who had a child with her. |
| | Lucas | Gellisz | A young cadet from Hague. |
| | Cornelis | Pietersz | A common soldier from
Utrecht. |
| | Pauwels | Barentsz | One of the sailors. |
| | Bessel | Jansz | One of the sailors. |
| | Nicolaas | Winckelhaack | A soldier. |
| | Isbrant | Isbrantsz | A soldier from the orlop deck. |
| | Hans | Hardens | A German soldier. |
| | Hendrick | Classz | A carpenter. |
| | Passchier | van den Ende | A gunner. |
| | Jacop Hendricxen | Drayer | A carpenter. |
| | Gaspar | Boudaen | An Amsterdam jeweler. |
| | Constantine the Great | | A Roman emperor. |
| | Cornelis | Jansz | A young assistant from Amsterdam. |
| | Hans Jacob | Heijlweck | A Swiss cadet. |
| | Jacop | de Vos | A tailor. |
| | Laurentia | Thomas | A corporal's wife. |
| | Jan | Pelgrom | One of the mutineers. |
| | Mayken | Soers | A pregnant woman who was killed. |
| | Jan | van Bommel | One of the mutineers. |
| | Janneken | Gist | Jan Hendricx's wife. |
| | Claes | Harmansz | One of the mutineers. |
| | Mayken | Cardoes | A girl from the lower deck who had saved her infant from the wreck. |
| | Pieter | Gijsbrechtsz | Bastiaen's brother. |
| | Johannes | | One of Bastiaensz's son. |
| | Roelant | | One of Bastiaensz's son. |
| | Judick | | One of Bastiaensz's daughters. |
| | Willemijntgie | | One of Bastiaensz's daughters. |
| | Agnete | | One of Bastiaensz's daughters. |
| | Wooter | Loos | A Dutch soldier. |
| | Hendrick | Denys | One of the Company bookkeepers. |
| 6 | | | Longboat |
| | Hans | Jacobsz | A soldier. |
| | Willem | de Vlamingh | A Dutch explorer. |
| | William | Bligh | An Officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator. |
| | Agung | | A conqueror who dreamed of ruling huge tract of the Indies. |
| | Sara | | Specx's half-Japanese daughter. |
| | Antonio | van Diemen | One of the members of the council. |
| | Pieter | Vlack | One of the members of the council. |
| | Anthonij | van den Heuvel | A fiscal. |
| | Claes | Jansz | Batavia's chief trumpeter. |
| | Claes Jansz | Hooft | Batavia's upper-trumpeter. |
| | Tryntgien | Fredericx | Hooft's wife. |
| 7 | | | "Who Wants to Be Stabbed to Death" |
| | Anneken | Bosschieters | A soldier's wife. |
| | Zussie | Fredericx | Tryntgien's sister. |
| | Anneken | Hardens | Hans Harden's wife. |
| | Marretgie | Louys | A soldier's wife. |
| | Obbe | Jansz | A sailor. |
| | Rogier | Decker | A cabin boy. |
| | Cornelis | Aldersz | A net maker. |
| | Gillis | Phillipsen | A soldier. |
| | Lenert | Michielsz | One of the mutineers. |
| | Jan Willemsz | Selyns | Batavia's senior cooper. |
| | Theunis | Claasz | One of the sailors. |
| | Cornelis | Helmigs | One of the sailors. |
| | Jan | Dircxsz | A soldier from Emden |
| 8 | | | Condemned |
| | Jan | Carstensz | One Hayes's men. |
| | Reyndert | Hendricxsz | A Batavia's steward. |
| | Jacob Jacobsz | Houtenman | The jacht's skipper. |
| | Sijmon | Yopzoon | The high boatswain. |
| | Jan Willemsz | Visch | The Sardam's provost. |
| | Jerome | | A newly promoted
sergeant. |
| 9 | | | "To Be Broken on the Wheel" |
| | Pieter | Pietersz | One of the Sardam's gunners. |
| | Ariaan | Theuwissen | Batavia's gunner. |
| | Jean | Renou | A French soldier. |
| | Frederick Henry | | Prince of Orange and Stakeholder of Holland. |
| | King Charles I | | Monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. |
| | Sir Dudley | Carleton | 1st Viscount Dorchester. |
| | Horace | Walpole | English writer, art historian, antiquarian and Whig politician. |
| | J. F. | Sachse | A grocer. |
| | Rembrandt H. | van Rijn | A Dutch painter and etcher. |
| | Georgius | Candidius | Sara's husband. |
| | Jan Jansz | Purmer | One of the mutineers. |
| | Pieterge | | Willem Jansz's wife. |
| | Shah | Jahan | The Great Mogul's successor. |
| | Johannes | Dobbleworst | A merchant. |
| | Barbara van | Ganderheyden | Pelsaert's mother. |
| | Pieter van der | Hoeven | Judick's husband. |
| | Helmich | Helmichius | Judick's second husband. |
| | Boudewijn | van der Mijlen | Creesje Jan's husband. |
| | Jacob Cornelisz | Cuick | Creesje Jan's second husband. |
| | Pieter Willemsz | Cuick | Jacob's brother. |
| | Willempje | Dircx | Pieter Cuick's wife. |
| | Moyses | Starlingh | Heyltgen's husband. |
| Epi | | | On The Shores of the Great South-Land |
| | Gerrit Thomasz | Pool | A man given a command to explore the whole coast of Australia. |
| | Abel | Tasman | A Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant. |
| | A. C. | Gregory | An explorer. |
| | Daisy | Bates | An Australian writer. |
| | Captain James | Cook | A British explorer, navigator. |
| | Guillaume | Delisle | A French cartographer. |
| | John Lort | Stokes | A Welsh officer of the British Royal Navy. |
| | Charles Robert | Darwin | An English naturalist, geologist and biologist. |
| | Malcolm | Uren | A Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor. |
| | Henrietta D. | Brockman | An Australian novelist and playwright. |
| | Conrat | Droschel | A German instrument maker. |
| | Hugh | Edwards | A Welsh journalist, presenter, and newsreader. |
| | Dave | Johnson | An Abrolhos fisherman. |
| | Max | Cramer | A diver from Geraldton. |
| | Forrest | | A surveyor. |
| | Willem | Vos | A master shipwright. |
| | Dr. Alanah | Buck | A forensic scientist from the Western Australian Centre. |
| | Dr. Stephen | Knott | A forensic dentist. |
| | Robert D. | Hare | A Canadian forensic psychologist. |
