Description |
xv, 326 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. |
Series |
Everyman's library / ed. by Ernest Rhys. Travel ; [no. 950] |
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Everyman's library. Travel.
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Note |
With reproduction of title-pages of 1st ed. of Bligh's A voyage to the South sea ... for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's ship the Bounty ... London, 1792; of Barney's Minutes of the proceedings of the court martial held at Portsmouth, 12th August 1792, on ten persons charged with mutiny on board His Majesty's ship the Bounty ... London, 1794; and of Bligh's An answer to certain assertions contained in the appendix to a pamphlet entitled Minutes of the proceedings on the court martial held ... on ten persons charged with mutiny on ... the Bounty ... London, 1794. |
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Half-title: A book of the 'Bounty' and selections from Bligh's writings by George Mackaness. |
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"This collection first published in 1938"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography |
"A selective bibliography": pages 323-326. |
Contents |
Bligh's "A voyage to the South Sea" --- Bligh's "A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship 'Bounty'" -- Stephen Barney's "Report of the court martial of ten of the mutineers" : with an appendix by Edward Christian -- Bligh's "Answer to Edward Christian's assertions" -- A selection of the correspondence of William Bligh relative to the voyage and mutiny of the "Bounty." |
Subject |
Bligh, William, 1754-1817 -- Correspondence.
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Bounty (Ship)
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Voyages and travels.
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Oceania -- Description and travel.
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Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
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Trials (Mutiny) -- England.
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Added Author |
Mackaness, George, 1882-1968. Editor.
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