The Bounty Mutiny
Published on 18. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-14-043916-8 (ISBN)
Description
On an April morning in 1789 near the island of Tonga, William Bligh and eighteen surly seamen were expelled from the Bounty and began the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to safety in Timor. The mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, sailed off in the Bounty and were never heard of again. Contains: the full text of Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny, the minutes of the court proceedings gathered by Edward Christian in an effort to clear his brother's name, and the correspondence between Bligh and Christian, and a selection of later Bounty narratives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-043916-8 (9780140439168)
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William Bligh | Edward Christian | R. D. Madison
The Bounty Mutiny
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05/2001
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Persons
William Bligh (1754-1817) was an English admiral and master of the H. M. S. Bounty. Edward Christian (1758-1823) was the elder brother of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the mutiny. R. D. Madison is Professor of English at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. He has edited several volumes of military and naval history, including the Penguin Classics edition of Thomas Wentworth Higginson's 'Army Life in a Black Regiment and Other Writings'.
Content
Introduction by R.D. Madison
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Texts
Maps
A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, by William Bligh
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On Ten Persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, with an Appendix by Edward Christian
An Answer to Certain Assertions Contained in the Appendix to a Pamphlet, by William Bligh
A Short Reply to Capt. William Bligh's Answer, by Edward Christian
Appendixes:
Appendix A: Bligh's Orders and a Description of the Breadfruit
Appendix B: Lady Belcher's Account of the Pandora (1870)
Appendix C: The Quarterly Review on the Bounty (1810)
Appendix D: The Quarterly Review on the Bounty (1815)
Appendix E: Jenny's Story (1829)
Appendix F: John Adam's Story (1831)
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Texts
Maps
A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, by William Bligh
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On Ten Persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, with an Appendix by Edward Christian
An Answer to Certain Assertions Contained in the Appendix to a Pamphlet, by William Bligh
A Short Reply to Capt. William Bligh's Answer, by Edward Christian
Appendixes:
Appendix A: Bligh's Orders and a Description of the Breadfruit
Appendix B: Lady Belcher's Account of the Pandora (1870)
Appendix C: The Quarterly Review on the Bounty (1810)
Appendix D: The Quarterly Review on the Bounty (1815)
Appendix E: Jenny's Story (1829)
Appendix F: John Adam's Story (1831)