A voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the br...
A voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the br...
A voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh : including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies : the whole illustrated with charts, &c.
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London : Printed for George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCII [1792].
Date
MDCCXCII [1792].
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RB/LQ0010/B , MRB/Q988/9A1 , SAFE/Q79/12 , Q988/9B1 , Q79/10 , C 696
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English
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[10], 264 pages, [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : charts, plans, 1 portrait ; 33 cm. (4to)
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volume
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Publisher
London : Printed for George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCII [1792].
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
MDCCXCII [1792].
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A voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh : including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa, one...
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General note
"Published by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."
Chapters XIII-XX are an adapted version of ’A narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majesty’s ship Bounty’, 1790.
With press figures.
Rare Books copy: Lettered in gold on cover: "Presented to the Sydney Library by H. Blackett, midshipman of H.M.S. Nelson 1884". Has ms. notes about Bligh on flyleaf. Lacks portrait....
Citation / References Note
Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 125
ESTC, T52638
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Online at the State Library of NSW.
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RB/LQ0010/B , MRB/Q988/9A1 , SAFE/Q79/12 , Q988/9B1 , Q79/10 , C 696
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74VvlBXDNojO
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991017535499702626
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