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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2014
      28 March 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139565578
      9781108057714
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565578
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      Dimensions:
      (297 x 210 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.97kg, 408 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History after 1450, Historical Geography, History, Global History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
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    Subjects:
    British History after 1450, Historical Geography, History, Global History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
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    During the voyage of HMS Bounty from Tahiti to bring the breadfruit plant to the West Indies, Fletcher Christian led what became the most infamous mutiny in seafaring history. Perhaps better known today through Hollywood depictions, the story of the events surrounding the date of 28 April 1789 is told here by William Bligh (1754–1817), the ship's commander. This reissue includes as an appendix Bligh's first narrative of the mutiny, published in haste in 1790 with the intention of following it with a separate account of the events leading up to the mutiny. The main text comprises the revised, fuller version he published instead in 1792, citing 'the manifest convenience' of having everything in one continuous narrative. The reasons behind the mutiny remain to this day a subject of debate. Undeniable, however, is that Bligh's is a remarkable tale of seamanship and survival.

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