Item 1: 'A Log of the proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Providence on a second Voyage to the South S...
Item 1: 'A Log of the proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Providence on a second Voyage to the South S...
Item 1: 'A Log of the proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Providence on a second Voyage to the South Sea Under the command of Captain William Bligh, to carry the Breadfruit Plant from the Society Islands to the West Indies, written by himself', volume 1
About this item
Full title
Date
17 July 1791-19 July 1792
Call Numbers
SAFE/A 564/1 (Safe 1/407)
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Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material (403 pp.) - half bound in calf and buckram, gold blocked spine, manuscript
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D20716/a8023.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Personal log mainly in Bligh's hand. The log begins with introductory remarks about the failure of the Bounty voyage and the reasons for repeating the voyage; the procuring of two vessels, HMS Providence and the tender Assistant; the commission to command the Providence; the recommendation of Lieutenant Nathaniel Portlock as Captain of the Assistan...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 1: 'A Log of the proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Providence on a second Voyage to the South Sea Under the command of Captain William Bligh, to carry the Breadfruit Plant from the Society Islands to the West Indies, written by himself', volume 1
Notes
General note
Personal log mainly in Bligh's hand with pencil corrections. The entry titled 'Remarks at the Cape of Good Hope', pp. 116-119 is in another hand.
Microfilm copy available at CY 347.
Volume rebound in Mitchell Library, December 1931.
Digital order no: Album ID : 1030884
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by William Russell Bligh, 29 October 1902.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/A 564/1 (Safe 1/407)
Record Identifier
nmQd6qVn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQd6qVn
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Reference code
1027062
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