In Bligh's Hand: Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty [National Library of Australia Collection Highlights].
by Gall, Jennifer; Cochrane, Peter (foreword)
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- Paperback
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0642277052
- ISBN 13
- 9780642277053
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About This Item
Canberra: National Library of Australia (NLA), 2010. 1st ed.. Paperback small wide quarto, very good condition, stiffened covers, illustrated endpapers, colour text-photos (mostly full-page), sepia (brown-tinted) drawings & photos, maps, manuscripts (facsimiles), corner tips covers little creased, few light scratches rear cover, autograph (author's written name & date). Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 234 pp. Brings to life the gripping story of Lieutenant William Bligh's account, written in a small notebook while on the 47-day voyage in the Bounty's launch from Tofua to Timor, following a dramatic mutiny on the ship led by Fletcher Christian in April 1789. Through selected facsimile pages from Bligh's notebook, and his list of mutineers, the book gives readers an insight into the character of Bligh, whose iron will and stubborn adherence to a relentless regime of rationing and navigational calculations kept the launch on course and saved the lives of his men.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30421
- Title
- In Bligh's Hand: Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty [National Library of Australia Collection Highlights].
- Author
- Gall, Jennifer; Cochrane, Peter (foreword)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0642277052
- ISBN 13
- 9780642277053
- Publisher
- National Library of Australia (NLA)
- Place of Publication
- Canberra
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- reference, australian biography, australian history, maritime, exploration, explorers, criminology, mutiny, pacific, autograph
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN HISTORY;
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