This classic of maritime history--which first appeared in 1831--records the full intriguing story of the mutiny of the Bounty . Based on his research of unpublished documents and the papers of Captain Peter Heywood, a midshipman on the Bounty , Sir John Barrow answers the two crucial questions raised by the incident: why the crew of the Bounty mutinied in the first place, and why an officer instigated and led the mutiny.
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This classic of maritime history--which first appeared in 1831--records the full intriguing story of the mutiny of the Bounty . Based on his research of unpublished documents and the papers of Captain Peter Heywood, a midshipman on the Bounty , Sir John Barrow answers the two crucial questions raised by the incident: why the crew of the Bounty mutinied in the first place, and why an officer instigated and led the mutiny.
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Very good. 1980. David R Godine. Reprint. Book-VG. DJ-VG. Protective covered. 10x6.5. 207pp. B/w portrait of Capt Bligh frontis, 9 colour drawings & b/w drawings throughout. On a clear day in April, 1808, Captain Mayhew Folger, Master of the Topaz, sighted a wisp of smoke rising from the emote Pacific island of Pitcairn. Within a few hours, he and his crew learned a remarkable, and terrible, story of the handful of men who, on April 28, 1789, had mutinied aboard the HMS Bounty, set her captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and 18 other men adrift in an open boat.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo. 208 pages, Articles of War, further reading list, index, b/w illustrations, a few color plates, decorated endpapers; green cloth. Near fine; dust jacket very good, light edgewear. Originally published 1831, London, by John Murray.