Description |
234 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimile ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
National Library of Australia collection highlights |
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National Library of Australia collection highlights
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Contents |
The story behind William Bligh's notebook -- 'Just before Sun Rise the People Mutinied' -- 'Star tatowed on the left breast' -- 'served 2 Gills of Grog' |
Summary |
After the mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, led by Fletcher Christian, Captain William Bligh and 18 others were forced onto a 7-metre-long open boat and cast adrift. It was the beginning of a 47-day, 6700-kilometre journey from Tofua (a volcanic island in the Tonga group) to Timor. On this amazing voyage of survival, Bligh wrote daily entries in a small water-stained notebook and a selection of facsimile pages from this notebook is the foundation of In Blighs Hand: Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty. All but one of the men survived to reach Timor. In Blighs Hand gives readers an insight into the character of William Bligh, the man who saved his mens lives through his iron will and stubborn adherence to a relentless regime of rationing and navigational calculations that kept the launch on course |
Related To |
"The transcripts of the notebook and the list of mutineers have been taken from The Bligh notebook : ̀rough account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor̀, 28 April to 14 June 1789, with a draft list of the Bounty mutineers."--Editor's notes |
Notes |
Foreword by Peter Cochrane |
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Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (page 230) and index |
Subject |
Bligh, William, 1754-1817 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
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Bligh, William, 1754-1817 -- Travel -- Oceania.
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Bligh, William, 1754-1817 -- Notebooks
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Bligh, William, 1754-1817 -- Travel -- Pacific Ocean.
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Bligh, William, 1754-1817.
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Bounty (Ship)
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Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Admirals -- Great Britain.
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Bounty Mutiny, 1789 -- History -- Sources.
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Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
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Manuscripts, English -- Facsimiles.
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Survival -- Oceania.
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Shipwreck survival -- Oceania.
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Survival at sea -- Oceania.
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Airplane crash survival -- Oceania.
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056846
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Pacific Ocean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096476 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012474
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Pacific Ocean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096476 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Pacific Ocean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096476 -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002239
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Facsimiles.
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Notebooks.
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Author |
Bligh, William, 1754-1817.
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National Library of Australia.
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LC no. |
2010674712 |
ISBN |
9780642277053 (paperback) |
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