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.
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
Bligh, William, Bligh, William, Burney, James, Banks, Joseph, Sir, Condé, Jean, Harrison, W.,
ResumoThe official account of the complete voyage of the Bounty, the expedition intended to transplant the breadfruit tree from Tahiti to the West Indies in order to feed the slave population. Incorporated in the text is a revised version of the Narrative of the mutiny, which Bligh had published separately in 1790. The breadfruit and its properties are described in detail. The publication of the voyage was overseen by Sir Joseph Banks; James Burney edited the text and saw it through the press as Bligh was otherwise engaged on his second breadfruit voyage. Includes references to New Zealand. Written mostly by William Bligh, with some text by James Burney. "Published by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty." Engr. front. port. of William Bligh, signed "engraved by J. Condé"; and engr. t.p. Engraving "Sections of the bread fruit", facing p. 10, signed "Mackenzie sc."; sketch of the "North part of Otaheite" signed "W. Harrison, sc." Includes bibliographical references. Book.
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