A voyage to the South Sea : undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh : including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, 1792.
Physical Description:
[10], 264 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Written mostly by William Bligh, with some text by James Burney.
Subject Terms:
Bligh, William, 1754-1817 -- Travel -- Oceania -- Early works to 1800. | Bounty (Ship) -- Early works to 1800. | Bounty Mutiny, 1789 -- Early works to 1800. | Breadfruit -- Oceania -- Early works to 1800. | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Early works to 1800. | Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration. | Voyages and travels. | Voyages and travels -- 1700-1800. | Oceania -- Description and travel. | Coles, F.G. -- Bookplate. | Ringson, Ann -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1792. | Travel literature.
Contributors:
Bligh, William, 1754-1817. Narrative of the mutiny on board His Majesty's ship Bounty. | Nicol, G. (George), 1740?-1828, publisher. | Burney, James, 1750-1821. | CondeĢ, Jean, -1794, engraver. | Harrison, William, approximately 1750-1803, engraver. | Mackenzie, engraver. | Russell, John, 1745-1806, illustrator.