BLIGH, WILLIAM A narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majestys ship Bounty; and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in... . London: printed for George Nicol, 1790. First edition. 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, marbled edges. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (29.5 x 24 cm); iv, 88 pp., with the large folding map as frontispiece and three other folding plates and charts. The front board is detached, though easily restorable. and the first map is loose. Some offsetting from the plates as usual, but a clean copy overall. Bligh sailed with Cook on his third and final voyage as his sailing master, and was an enlightened captain, not the vicious disciplinarian of legend. His forty-seven day voyage to Timor spanned 3618 nautical miles and was undertaken in an open launch, and is an extraordinary accomplishment even in an age of exceptional navigators. Ferguson 71; Hill 132. C
BLIGH, WILLIAM A narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majestys ship Bounty; and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in... . London: printed for George Nicol, 1790. First edition. 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, marbled edges. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (29.5 x 24 cm); iv, 88 pp., with the large folding map as frontispiece and three other folding plates and charts. The front board is detached, though easily restorable. and the first map is loose. Some offsetting from the plates as usual, but a clean copy overall. Bligh sailed with Cook on his third and final voyage as his sailing master, and was an enlightened captain, not the vicious disciplinarian of legend. His forty-seven day voyage to Timor spanned 3618 nautical miles and was undertaken in an open launch, and is an extraordinary accomplishment even in an age of exceptional navigators. Ferguson 71; Hill 132. C
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