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Bligh William Bligh in the South Seas

Bligh William Bligh in the South Seas

Salmond, Anne.
Restricted EAudiobook (NNELS) 2011

"In Bligh, the story of the most notorious of all Pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a key episode in the history of the world, rather than simply of the West. Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts with a fresh perspective the triumphs and disasters of William Bligh's life in a riveting narrative that for the first time portrays the Pacific islanders as players. Beginning in 1777, when Bligh, at twenty-two, first arrived...

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Edition:
First University of California Press edition
Description:
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Other Title:
William Bligh in the South Seas
Notes:
"First published by Penguin Group (NZ), 2011"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-478) and index
Restricted to use by people with documented print impairment
Original version: 528 pages, [16] pages of plates : 0520270568 9780520270565 Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, 2011
UBC Crane Library
Contents:
The paradise of the world
The death of Captain Cook
The 'Resolution's' master
Island of the blest
The old boy tips a 'Heiva'
'Bounty'
The finest sea boat
Captain Cook's 'son'
Bligh/Parai
Mr Bligh's bad luck
These happy islanders
Huzza for Otaheiti
I have been run down by my own dogs
An island fort
Murder and mayhem
Pandora's box
Wreck of 'Pandora'
The mutineers' babies
'Providence'
The modern Cyprus
Belle of the isle
Paradise lost
The awful day of trial
A floating forest
Death of 'the Don'
LCCN:
2011926790
Control Number:
1328101
Other Authors:
BC Libraries Cooperative. National Network for Equitable Library Service, distributor
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