Bligh lieut william (1 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: fine. First. Illustrated with 1 folding plate and 3 folding charts. 88 pages. Slim 4to, full contemporary tree calf with gilt spine & leather label, marbled end-papers, armorial bookplate. London: George Nicol, 1790. First Edition. A fine, unrestored copy. Lowndes I, p.218; Allibone I, p.206. The mutiny on the Bounty took place in 1789. Capt. Bligh and the faithful members of the crew were set adrift in a lifeboat, in which they managed to sail over 1,200 leagues to safety. When Bligh returned to England, he published his account of the mutiny in order to stir up public opinion against the mutineers. The following year he was placed in command of a fleet to return to the South Seas in pursuit of them. …