1952 Bligh's Narrative Of Mutiny On Bounty LIMITED ED Facsimile History Book
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1952 Bligh's Narrative Of Mutiny On Bounty LIMITED ED Facsimile History Book Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny on Board H.M. Ship Bounty. Minutes of the Court Martial. Bligh's Answer to Certain Assertions. Edward Christian's Short Reply. Facsimile Edition Published by Georgian House: Melbourne 1952 Limited Edition Copy #13 of 1,000 Only "Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny on Board H.M. Ship Bounty brings together four of the most important contemporary documents concerning the celebrated 1789 mutiny and its aftermath. Published in Melbourne by Georgian House for the Australiana Society in 1952, this substantial facsimile volume reproduces William Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny together with the Minutes of the Court Martial, Bligh's Answer to Certain Assertions, and Edward Christian's Short Reply. Rather than a later retelling, the collection allows the extraordinary events surrounding the Bounty to be followed through the words, accusations and defences of those directly connected with the affair. The first work reproduces Bligh's original 1790 Narrative, recounting the seizure of HMS Bounty by Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers and Bligh's remarkable subsequent survival voyage. Cast adrift with eighteen loyal crewmen in the ship's launch, Bligh navigated approximately 3,600 nautical miles from Tofua to Timor under extraordinarily difficult conditions. The facsimile preserves the appearance of the eighteenth-century original and includes the important charts and folding
- Publisher: Georgian House: Melbourne
- Year: 1952
- Condition: Good
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