In Bligh's Hand : surviving the mutiny on the Bounty. by GALL, Jennifer - 2010

National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2010. Softcover. Very Good. Size: 10"-12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; World History; ISBN: 0642277052. ISBN/EAN: 9780642277053. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 38455. . 9780642277053

National Library of Australia, Canberra , 2011. Stiff card covers.. AS NEW COPY!. MARITIME Exploration Provides an accurate account of the arduous and dangerous journey of Captain Bligh and his men after the mutiny on the Bounty. After the mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, led by Fletcher Christian, Captain William Bligh and 18 others were forced onto a 7-metre-long open boat and cast adrift. It was the beginning of a 47-day, 6700-kilometre journey from Tofua (a volcanic island in the Tonga group) to Timor. On this amazing voyage of survival, Bligh wrote daily entries in a small water-stained notebook and a selection of facsimile pages from this notebook is the foundation of In Blighs Hand: Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty. All but one of the men survived to reach Timor. In Blighs Hand gives readers an insight into the character of William Bligh, the man who saved his mens lives through his iron will and stubborn adherence to a relentless regime of rationing and navigational calculations… Read More

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… Read More

National Library of Australia, 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.