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The Bligh Notebook. Hardcover, ISBN 0049090321
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1987
Used – Fine. First edition. This account of William Bligh’s epic open boat voyage to Timor after the mutiny on his ship HMS Bounty in April 1789 is based on his notebook kept on that perilous journey in the ship’s launch, which lasted till June of that year. The editor’s 38 page introductory section is followed by his transcript of the notebook entries which were made daily (with the editor’s notes), the next chapter relates to Bligh’s navigational calculations from the notebook, then a… (BOATS MARITIME YACHTING SEAFARING SHIPS SEA)