The mutiny on the royal navy vessel hms bounty occurred in the south pacific on 28 april 1789. In bligh, the story of the most notorious of all pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a key episode in the history of the world, rather than simply of the west. Anne salmond in bligh, the story of the most notorious of all pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a key episode in the history of the world, rather than simply of the west. Viceadmiral william bligh frs rn 17541817 was an officer of the british royal navy and a colonial administrator. Apr 27, 2018 having said that, bligh did find himself mixed up in two further mutinies, firstly the nore mutiny in 1797, when he was expelled from his ship, and then when governor of new south wales during the rum punch rebellion during which bligh was arrested and imprisoned for a year. A voyage to the south sea, 1792 william bligh s official bounty logbook. William eventually becomes a captain of a vessel called the hms bounty. Methuen, 1936 a reprint of blighs voyage to the south sea in 1792 library ref. After this trip, bligh was involved in the english wars and was appointed master of a frigate and. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. His quick mastery of navigation led to his being appointed master on captain james cooks ship, the resolution, during cooks last expedition to the tahitian islands. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
Illustrated with watercolours and drawings by geoffrey c. The books 23 chapters trace blighs three voyages to the pacific islands. Captain blighs cursed breadfruit travel smithsonian magazine. William bligh, born september 9, 1754, probably at plymouth, county of devon, englanddied december 7, 1817, london, english navigator, explorer, and commander of the hms bounty at the time of the celebrated mutiny on that ship. The story of the courtmartial of the bounty mutineers. He is best known for the notorious mutiny during his command of hms bounty in 1789 and the remarkable voyage he made to timor, after being set adrift by the mutineers in the bountyas launch. A mutiny on the bounty prevented finishing this task.
In his majestys ship the bounty, commanded by lieutenant william bligh cambridge library collection maritime exploration paperback. Bligh the man, as well as the south pacific islands and islanders he got to know so well. The second voyage of captain bligh to the south sea, so far as i know, has never been published. After the mutiny on the bounty on 28 april 1789, led by fletcher christian, captain william bligh and 18 others were forced onto a 7metrelong open boat and cast adrift. The events that happen to this man happen mostly on the south seas. The career of william bligh 17541817 was beset by some difficulty in troubled times. Sail to the south seas the long way, around the cape of good hope and through the indian ocean. In the mutiny on board hms bounty is about man named william bligh who as a boy of only 16 starts sailing on british ships. A voyage to the south sea wikisource, the free online library. The mutiny on board hms bounty book by william bligh.
Anne salmond draws on her unrivalled knowledge of early polynesian cultures to retell the. It was the beginning of a 47day, 6700kilometre journey from tofua a volcanic island in the tonga group to timor. Stewart was a young man of creditable parents, in the orkneys. The psychological drama that played out in the south seas starring bligh, the efficient disciplinarian, and his mate, the sensitive and proud fletcher christian, led to, among other things. He was descended from a family settled in st tudy, cornwall, since 1680, whose members had been mayors of bodmin in the sixteenth century. William bligh september 9, 1754december 7, 1817 was a british mariner who had the bad luck, timing and temperament to be aboard two shipshms bounty in 1789 and the hms director in 1791on which the crew mutinied.
M national heritage ibrary manx the mutiny on the bounty. A historic mutiny occurred during his command of hms bounty in 1789. To begin with, captain bligh wasnt even a captain during the famous 1789 bounty voyage but only a commanding lieutenant. Captain blighs cursed breadfruit travel smithsonian. It is less well known that, in 1791, he set out again for tahiti with another ship and crew and eventually succeeded in. He is chiefly remembered for a mutiny on his ship, the bounty, in the south seas in 1789. A companion to the bounty adventure by sven wahlroos. Sep 16, 20 a voyage to the south sea by captain william bligh 1754 1817 a complete and unabridged telling of the most famous mutiny of all times the mutiny of the bounty told by captain william bligh.
There are a lot of things wrong with the popular view of captain bligh. This story is too well known, at least to those who have seen the movies, to require an anecdote. Mar 19, 2005 a voyage to the south sea undertaken by command of his majesty for the purpose of conveying the breadfruit tree to the west indies in his majestys ship the bounty commanded by lieutenant william bligh. A voyage to the south sea william bligh audiobook and. Dec 30, 2010 a voyage to the south sea, undertaken by command of his majesty, for the purpose of conveying the breadfruit tree to the west indies, in his majestys ship the bounty, commanded by lieutenant william bligh. In 1787 bligh was made captain of hms bounty and sailed to tahiti to collect breadfruit trees.
Folio, beige pictorial cloth with leather spine label, board slipcase. The posthumous misfortune of captain bligh of the bounty. Islanders in throngs of canoes greeted the ship, and in ten minutes, wrote bligh, the bounty was so filled with tahitians that i could scarce find my own people. A voyage to the south sea, undertaken by command of his.
A voyage to the south sea, undertaken by command of his majesty, for the purpose of conveying the breadfruit tree to the west indies, in his majestys ship the bounty, commanded by lieutenant william bligh. He went to sea, as did some of the young men on the bounty, when he was only sixteen. Dent, 1938 this volume combines the following works. William bligh in the south seas auckland, penguin viking, 2011. See book recommendations for more information about this book. William blighs narrative of the mutiny on the bounty. The mutiny on the bounty occurred during his command of hms bounty in 1789.
A fine copy in a fine box one of 2000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator and by the. William bligh, born september 9, 1754, probably at plymouth, county of devon, englanddied december 7, 1817, london, english navigator, explorer, and commander of the hms bounty at the time of the celebrated mutiny on that ship the son of a customs officer, bligh joined the royal navy in 1770. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Captain william bligh in the south seas by ann salmond. William bligh 9 september 17547 december 1817 was an english officer in the british navy. New zealand historian anne salmond has turned to william bligh in her latest book. A voyage to the south sea by captain william bligh 1754 1817 a complete and unabridged telling of the most famous mutiny of all times the mutiny of the bounty told by captain william bligh. Biography of william bligh, captain of the hms bounty. Flounder in a hurricane as you try to round cape horn. Viceadmiral william bligh frs 9 september 1754 7 december 1817 was an officer of the royal navy and a colonial administrator. Aug 10, 2005 the title of the one i read was a voyage to the south sea.
Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of. Awardwinning anthropologist anne salmond recounts with a fresh perspective the triumphs and disasters of william blighs life in a riveting narrative that for the first time portrays the pacific. Download pdf mutiny on board hms bounty free online. William bligh in the south seas, anne salmond brings a fresh perspective to a well documented topic.
A voyage to the south sea, for the purpose of conveying the breadfruit tree to the west indies. William bligh 17541817 including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ships boat, from tofoa, one of the friendly islands, to timor, a dutch settlement in the east indies. The tale of this infamous mutiny began near the island known today as tonga. After six years as a midshipman, he was promoted to sailing master of the resolution and served. Pdf mutiny on board hms bounty download full pdf book. Page 58 log of the proceedings of his majestys ship bounty in a voyage to the south seas, to take the breadfruit plant from the society islands to the west indies, under the command of lieutenant william bligh, 1 dec. Voyage to the south seas by william bligh full audiobook. List of loyalists with bligh in the bountys launch. The project gutenberg ebook of a voyage to the south sea, by william bligh this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no. William bligh 17541817, naval officer and governor, was born on 9 september 1754 at plymouth, england, where his father was a boatman and land waiter in the customs service. Voyage to the south sea by william bligh, paperback.
In bligh, the story of the most notorious of all pacific explorers is told through a. It is this complex bligh that new zealand scholar anne salmond explores through about 500 pages of dense prose in bligh. William blighs narrative of the mutiny of the bounty. It provokes a torrent of angry words from maimiti, spoken in tahitian. Biography william bligh australian dictionary of biography. William bligh is perhaps the most misunderstood of the early pacific explorers and colonisers. Voyage to the south sea by william bligh, paperback barnes. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting lieutenant fletcher christian, seized control of the ship from their captain lieutenant william bligh and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ships open launch. G88159 mackaness, george editor a book of the bounty london. Methuen, 1936 a reprint of bligh s voyage to the south sea in 1792 library ref. Captain william blighs firsthand account of the last voyage of hms. Bounty and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ships boat, from tofoa, one of the friendly. A sailor s account of the mutiny, and life in the south seas book.
William bligh s letters to joseph banks concerning the first breadfruit expedition. William bligh simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting lieutenant fletcher christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, lieutenant william bligh, and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ships open launch. Jul 16, 2019 william bligh september 9, 1754december 7, 1817 was a british mariner who had the bad luck, timing and temperament to be aboard two shipshms bounty in 1789 and the hms director in 1791on which the crew mutinied. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Sail the seas in good weather and bad on the ship h. Poets are remembered for their finest writings, painters. In 1805, bligh was made governor of new south wales australia and tasked with ending the illegal rum trade in the.
William bligh lost his ship bounty at the hands of one fletcher christian and a handful of miscreants on a voyage back to england from tahiti, where. He sailed with captain james cook on his third and final voyage in 1776. Marlon brando was not listed, nor was trevor howard. Voyage south sea undertaken command his majesty, first. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting lieutenant fletcher christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, lieutenant william bligh, and set. The mutineers variously settled on tahiti or on pitcairn island. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online.
Vice admiral william bligh, frs, rn 9 september 1754 7 december 1817 was an officer of the british royal navy and a colonial administrator. Anne salmond draws on her unrivalled knowledge of early polynesian cultures to retell the extraordinary story of william blighs voyages and the mutiny on the. These particulars, however, were taken from flinders own log. Also published in new zealand by the penguin group. The son of a customs officer, bligh joined the royal navy in 1770. A voyage to the south sea undertaken by command of his majesty for the purpose of conveying the breadfruit tree to the west indies in his majestys ship the bounty commanded by lieutenant william bligh. Publication date 1920 topics oceania description and travel. Captain blighs second voyage to the south sea by bligh, william, 17541817. Request pdf on mar 1, 2012, john gascoigne and others published bligh.
Accessible book, bounty ship, bounty mutiny, 1789, description and. Mutiny on the bounty epub william bligh achat ebook. Archived from the original on 30 may 2016 via transcribed from the original held at national archives, uk. Bligh and his loyal men made a remarkable voyage to timor, after being set adrift in the bountys. Mutiny on the bounty from terra australis to australia. She confesses to being riveted by his pioneering ethnography, his affection for his family, and the intertwinement of his career with that of captain cook. Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ships boat, from. A short description of the passage of his ships, the providence and the assistant, through torres strait, was included in his work terra australis, by matthew flinders, who served as a midshipman in the providence. The voyage of bountys launchtext from mutiny and romance in the south seas. William bligh in the south seas jonathan lamb feels that a new biography of the bounty captain william bligh is excessively kind to its subject share on facebook.
May 2001 vanessa agnew centre for crosscultural research at the australian national university introduction william hodges, waterfall in dusky bay, april 1773, 59 x 1930 mm 53. Oct 19, 2011 it is this complex bligh that new zealand scholar anne salmond explores through about 500 pages of dense prose in bligh. A voyage to the south sea by william bligh loyal books. A voyage to the south sea by william bligh free ebook. Here is the full text of captain blighs personal journal entries aboard the bounty. The true story of the the 1789 mutiny on the bounty is far more complicated than suggested by film versions of the event, which have emphasized the gratuitous cruelty of the ships captain, william bligh. Enjoy the idyllic island life and decide for yourself if the men on the bounty should have mutinied against captain bligh. A scots orpheus in the south seas encounter music on cooks second voyage issn. The title of the one i read was a voyage to the south sea. A voyage to the south sea by william bligh free at loyal. There was also no such ship as hms bounty as the bounty was an armed auxiliary vessel and thus should be referred to as hmav bounty his majestys armed vessel bounty.
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