The 'Bounty' and Beyond

This study examines and compares Commander William Bligh's official and private journals and manuscript relating to the mutiny on HMS Bounty, revealing surprising differences in food and drink and Bligh's relationships with his officers and men. It includes a thorough historical and bibliographical investigation of Bligh's three first breadfruit expedition journals and a full analysis of his separate manuscript account of the mutiny and the voyage of survival in the open boat. This manuscript is the forerunner of Bligh's published Narrative of the Mutiny (1790) and has not been fully recognised.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 26 July 2023
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing

Commander William Bligh's official and private journals, as well as his manuscript relating to the mutiny on HMS Bounty, have been extensively examined and compared in this original study. Numerous surprising and important differences in these accounts are revealed, particularly those relating to food and drink and Bligh's relationships with his officers and men. The comparison of these works is preceded by a thorough historical and bibliographical investigation of Bligh's three first breadfruit expedition journals, namely the Bounty, the Resource, and the Vlydt. Additionally, a full analysis of Bligh's separate manuscript account of the mutiny and the voyage of survival in the open boat is included. This large manuscript is the forerunner of Bligh's published Narrative of the Mutiny (1790). The significance of this manuscript, in Bligh's own hand and held by the Mitchell Library, has not previously been fully recognised.

Weight: 1558g
Dimension: 288 x 221 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781922952783