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 Based on his research of unpublished documents and the papers of Captain Peter Heywood, a midshipman on the Bounty , Sir John Barrow answers the two crucial questions raised by the incident: why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 Based on his research of unpublished documents and the papers of Captain Peter Heywood, a midshipman on the Bounty , Sir John Barrow answers the two crucial questions raised by the incident: why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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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.
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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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Collectible-Near Fine. Not ex-library. 5.125"x7.75"x1"; 376 pgs. Very clean copy with no notes or highlighting. Only aging/tanning to pages and cover. Scuff on back cover. Spine straight and binding tight. Light foxing to cover. "In December 1787, the Bounty sailed from Spithead for the South Seas. In April 1789, her crew mutinied near the Friendly Islands and set the commander, William Bligh, and several companions adrift on the ocean in an open boat. The mutineers took Tahitian wives and settled on an uninhabited and virtually unknown island where twenty years later one survivor and many of their descendents were discovered. Bligh, himself, safely navigated his boat-load of starving shipmates thousands of miles across the ocean to Timor. Published to coincide with the bicentenary of the mutiny of the Bounty, this classic of maritime history, which first appeared in 1831, records the intriguing story of adventure and discovery, in full. 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 prompted and led the mutiny."-Goodreads.
