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Genre/Form: | Diaries History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Tobin, George. Captain Bligh's second chance. London : Chatham, 2007 (OCoLC)608365970 |
Named Person: | George Tobin; William Bligh; William Bligh; George Tobin; William Bligh |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George Tobin; Roy E Schreiber |
ISBN: | 9781861762801 1861762801 |
OCLC Number: | 65768038 |
Description: | vii, 184 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
Responsibility: | George Tobin ; edited by Roy Schreiber. |
Abstract:
While most people are familiar with the 'Mutiny on the Bounty', few realize that Bligh was sent back to the South Pacific. This time, with two ships, a proper officer corps, and a detachment of Marines to keep order, he succeeded in completing his mission to transplant breadfruit to the West Indies. This work provides a portrait of Bligh.
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