A Voyage to the South Sea/Introduction

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213618A Voyage to the South Sea — IntroductionWilliam Bligh

A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA

BY WILLIAM BLIGH.


A

VOYAGE

TO THE SOUTH SEA,

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.

THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED WITH CHARTS, ETC.

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PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF THE

LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.

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LONDON:

PRINTED FOR GEORGE NICOL, BOOKSELLER TO HIS MAJESTY, PALL-MALL.

1792.

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