Series 45: 'Plan for the Voyage with Letters from various persons who interferd in the management of...
Series 45: 'Plan for the Voyage with Letters from various persons who interferd in the management of it', being papers concerning preparations for the breadfruit voyage of HMS Bounty, William Bligh, 1787
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1787
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SAFE/Banks Papers/Series 45 (Safe 1/457)
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14 documents
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Sir Joseph Banks, with the endorsement of Evan Nepean, Under Secretary of the Home Office, was responsible for preparing plans for a voyage to transport breadfruit from the East Indies to the West Indies. The administrative arrangements involved him in procuring, equipping and fitting out a suitable vessel, HMS Bethia renamed HMS Bounty, for the vo...
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Series 45: 'Plan for the Voyage with Letters from various persons who interferd in the management of it', being papers concerning preparations for the breadfruit voyage of HMS Bounty, William Bligh, 1787
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Most of these documents were previously located at ML A78-4. Document 3 was previously located at ML A79-2. These papers, purchased in 1884 from Lord Brabourne by Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, were transferred to the Mitchell Library in 1910. They were part of the accession which became known as the Brabourne collection
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SAFE/Banks Papers/Series 45 (Safe 1/457)
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9arpA26n
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1296726
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