Manuscript fragment written on board HMS Bounty, with signature of William Bligh
A$76,500 · Offered by Hordern House
Signed
At sea: 29 December, 1787. Partial document, 130x210 mm., laid paper with watermark, evidence of old folds; neatly torn along edges and professionally repaired along central fold, very good; well framed in Hawaiian koa wood. A famous relic: signed by Bligh aboard the Bounty
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