[PDF] The Mutiny On Board Hms Bounty eBook

Author : William Bligh
Publisher : Saddleback Educational Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1602911622

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These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with color illustrations to introduce literature to struggling readers. Each 64-page eBook retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics. Sail the seas in good weather and bad on the ship H.M.S. Bounty. Flounder in a hurricane as you try to round Cape Horn. Sail to the South Seas the long way, around the Cape of Good Hope and through the Indian Ocean. Enjoy the idyllic island life and decide for yourself if the men on the Bounty should have mutinied against Captain Bligh. Find out what happened when the Captain and his men were put off the Bounty in a small rowboat with little food or water. Did they make it?

Author : Charles Nordhoff
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 19,61 MB
Release : 1989-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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A British crew mutinies against the cruel commander of the Bounty in 1787.

Author : William Bligh
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781577656968

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Captain William Bligh recounts his experiences in 1789 when his ship "Bounty" was taken over in a mutiny and he and a crew of eighteen men were set adrift in an open boat in the southern Pacific Ocean.

Author : William Bligh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1472907221

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On 28th April 1789 a small and unremarkable merchant vessel became one of the most famous ships in maritime history. HMS Bounty was under the command of 34-year-old Lieutenant William Bligh, an inexperienced commander who lacked the respect of a crew attracted to the promise of an easy life in a Tahitian paradise. Fletcher Christian led half the crew in mutiny against Bligh and after overpowering all resistance, they cast their deposed captain adrift along with those still loyal to him. Luckily for Bligh, his skills as a navigator were better than his skills as a captain and he managed to sail the 23ft boat 3,618 nautical miles to Timor in the Dutch East Indies with no chart or compass, and only a quadrant and a pocket watch for navigation. On returning to England he reported what had happened, and the Royal Navy hunted down and captured most of the mutineers. However, this is only half the story – William Bligh's version. The captured mutineers went on trial and their testimonies give a much less heroic portrait of their former captain, accusing him of unduly harsh treatment. Fletcher Christian's older brother Edward, a judge, oversaw a more balanced account of the mutiny. Of the mutineers who returned to England, only three were hanged; four were acquitted and three pardoned. This book gives the fullest version of the mutiny, allowing Bligh's account to sit alongside those of his detractors. The discrepancies are fascinating, and allow us to make up our own minds about this infamous mutiny. Also includes an exclusive Foreword by former World Sailor of the Year Pete Goss, who offers a unique perspective on the trials and tribulations of the Bounty's crew, whether castaway or mutineer.

Author : William Bligh
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 23,41 MB
Release : 1977
Category :
ISBN :

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The most famous mutiny in the history of the sea comes alive in this retelling of the mutiny of the crew aboard the ship The Bounty. Was the Captain Bligh a cruel and overly harsh captain or is ship mate Fletcher Christian just greedy for power and anxious to take command? This is an enduring tale of betrayal and the heroic effort to survive.

Author : William Bligh
Publisher : Landoll
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781569871201

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"A true story of a mutiny at sea, led by Fletcher Christian. The historical record kept by William Bligh, Captain of HMS Bounty, tells of the events which led to the mutiny and of how a handful of men survived a perilous voyage in an open boat across thousands of miles of uncharted seas."--Cover

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 34,77 MB
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0733634125

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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed back to Tahiti, where most remained and were later tried for mutiny. But Christian, along with eight fellow mutineers and some Tahitian men and women, sailed off into the unknown, eventually discovering the isolated Pitcairn Island - at the time not even marked on British maps - and settling there. This astonishing story is historical adventure at its very best, encompassing the mutiny, Bligh's monumental achievement in navigating to safety, and Fletcher Christian and the mutineers' own epic journey from the sensual paradise of Tahiti to the outpost of Pitcairn Island. The mutineers' descendants live on Pitcairn to this day, amid swirling stories and rumours of past sexual transgressions and present-day repercussions. Mutiny on the Bounty is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks.

Author : Caroline Alexander
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 14,30 MB
Release : 2004-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780142004692

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Has history been wrong for 200 years? Read the startling truth about the mutiny on the Bounty, its characters, causes, and aftermath. Television rights are now in development with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions. More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man’s honor at the dawn of the Romantic age.

Author : William Bligh
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 16,96 MB
Release : 1972
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Captain William Bligh recorded the most famous mutiny in sea history when a group of his men, led by Fletcher Christian, forced him from his ship onto a small launch and cast him adrift into the sea.