William Bligh Memorandum on board HMS Bounty's open boat, 28 April - 14 June 1789
William Bligh Memorandum on board HMS Bounty's open boat, 28 April - 14 June 1789
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Date
28 April - 14 June 1789
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MAV/FM4/4344 Status: No longer available
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Physical Description
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1 microfilm reel of textual material - 35 mm - Master negative, duplicate negative and positive
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Contents
An immediate record of events on the open boat voyage to Timor. Bligh's log, held in the Mitchell Library, is an extended version of the memorandum. The memorandum includes some minor additional material not in the log.
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Full title
William Bligh Memorandum on board HMS Bounty's open boat, 28 April - 14 June 1789
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Notes
General note
Note on the memorandum by Emma Fisher at MLDOC 3044.
Original manuscript held by the National Library of Australia (NLA MS 5393; mfm G20815). Facsimile and transcription published by the NLA in 1986 (see: ML Q910.091823/1).
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Memorandums
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-173C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Administrative / Biographical history
Master of the Resolution on Cook's 3rd voyage. Survived a mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty (sent under his command to Tahiti to procure breadfruits in 1787) by sailing an open boat to Timor. Was Governor of New South Wales, 1806-1810
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MAV/FM4/4344 Status: No longer available
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1xqZ80GY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZ80GY
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423263
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