Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Bligh's narrative of the mutiny on board H.M. ship Bounty ... ; Minutes of the court martial ... ; Bligh's answer to certain assertions ... ; Edward Christian's short reply to Captain William Bligh's answer
Other Name
Minutes of the court martial (Alternate title)
Bligh's answer (Alternate title)
Narrative of the mutiny, on board his Majesty's ship Bounty (Alternate title)
Minutes of the proceedings of the court martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792 (Alternate title)
Answer to certain assertions contained in the appendix to a pamphlet (Alternate title)
Short reply to Capt. William Bligh's answer (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Published by Georgian House for the Australiana Society
Place
Date
1952
Physical Description
4 unnumbered pages, iv, 88, 79, 31, 11 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 31 cm
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
Facsimile reprint
Subject Category
Content
Consists of four type-facsimiles, each with own title-page: (1)--A narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majesty's ship Bounty; and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boar, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies / written by Lieutenant William Bligh ; illustrated with charts. London : Printed for George Nicol ..., 1790. (2) Minutes of the proceedings of the court-martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On ten persons charged with mutiny on board His Majesty's ship the Bounty. With an appendix, containing a full account of the real causes and circumstances of that unhappy transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the public. London : Printed for J. Deighton, 1794. (3)--An answer to certain assertions contained in the appendix to a pamphlet, entitled Minutes of the proceedings on the court-martial held at Portsmouth, August 12th, 1792, on ten persons charged with mutiny on board His Majesty's ship the Bounty / by Captain William Bligh. London : Printed for G. Nicol ..., 1794. (4) A Short reply to Capt. William Bligh's answer. / [by Edward Christian]. London : Printed for J. Deighton, 1795.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Oceania - Description and travel]
Originally published: London: Printed for George Nicol, 1790. "The four items relating to the Mutiny on the Bounty contained in this volume are facsimiles of copies in Australian collections ..."--Colophon. "This edition is limited to one thousand copies for sale, of which this is number 429."--Colophon.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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