A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty

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Creator

William Bligh

Title

A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty

Coverage

London

Publisher

George Nicol

Date

1790

Description

First edition of Captain Bligh’s account of the uprising led against him by Fletcher Christian on board the HMS Bounty. The mutineers set the captain and eighteen loyalists adrift on the ship’s open launch on 28 April 1789. They sailed 4,000 miles in the South Pacific before reaching safety several weeks later.

A fold-out rendering of the launch that carried Bligh and his men is inserted facing the title-page.