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Title: 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 Boat

Author: William Bligh

Release Date: January 11, 2007 [EBook #20337]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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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 BOAT,

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, BOOKSELLER TO HIS MAJESTY, PALL-MALL.
MDCCXC.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The following Narrative is only a part of a voyage undertaken for the
purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit Tree from the South Sea Islands to
the West Indies. The manner in which this expedition miscarried, with
the subsequent transactions and events, are here related. This part of
the voyage is not first in the order of time, yet the circumstances are
so distinct from that by which it was preceded, that it appears
unnecessary to delay giving as much early information as possible
concerning so extraordinary an event. The rest will be laid before the
Public as soon as it can be got ready; and it is intended to publish it
in such a manner, as, with the present Narrative, will make the account
of the voyage compleat.

At present, for the better understanding the following pages, it is
sufficient to inform the reader, that in August, 1787, I was appointed
to command the Bounty, a ship of 215 tons burthen, carrying 4
six-p