Project Gutenberg 2005-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 171 Bligh, William 1754 1817 A voyage to the South Sea : $b Undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's ship the Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh; including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship 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 Produced by Sue Asscher and Col Choat. "A Voyage to the South Sea" by William Bligh is a historical account written in the late 18th century. The narrative details Bligh's expedition on His Majesty's ship, the Bounty, tasked with transporting the breadfruit tree to the West Indies. It also involves the infamous mutiny aboard the ship and the arduous journey that ensued for part of the crew, who navigated in a small boat from Tofua to Timor. The opening of the book introduces the purpose of the expedition, highlighting the preparations and challenges faced prior to departure from England. Bligh meticulously describes the ship's outfitting, crew composition, and the significance of the breadfruit tree as a potential agricultural asset for the West Indies. As he lays the groundwork for the narrative, readers are drawn into the intricacies of 18th-century maritime life, the ambitions of colonial enterprises, and the eventual tensions that lead to mutiny as they venture into uncharted waters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages and travels Bounty (Ship) Bounty Mutiny, 1789 Oceania -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 DU Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 495528 494716 2024-09-07T05:11:04.828531 2023-09-07T07:08:46.820875 text/html text/html 488724 2020-12-14T07:56:53 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1013611 2020-12-14T07:56:53 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1139180 2024-09-07T05:11:12.533516 application/epub+zip 1145283 2024-09-07T05:11:07.278525 application/epub+zip 250993 2024-09-07T05:11:06.305507 application/epub+zip 1274471 2024-09-07T05:11:16.946441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1248775 2024-09-07T05:11:11.828502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351282 2022-09-07T21:36:19.412994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473713 473293 2024-09-07T05:11:04.113540 2023-09-07T07:08:46.039862 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 473256 2020-12-14T07:56:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168075 2020-12-14T07:56:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19112 2024-09-07T05:11:17.080523 application/rdf+xml 17217 2024-09-07T05:11:06.667521 image/jpeg 4013 2024-09-07T05:11:06.485509 image/jpeg 1101936 2024-09-07T05:11:04.899601 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia