Captain Bligh's Second Chance: An Eyewitness Account of His Return to the South Seas - Couverture rigide

9781861762801: Captain Bligh's Second Chance: An Eyewitness Account of His Return to the South Seas
Afficher les exemplaires de cette édition ISBN
 
 
Rare Book

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur :
While most people are familiar with the Mutiny on the Bounty, few realize that Bligh was sent back to the South Pacific two years later. This time, with two ships, a proper officer corps, and a detachment of Marines to keep order, he succeeded in completing his original mission to transplant breadfruit to the West Indies. A number of soon-to-be-famous names accompanied him, including Matthew Flinders who was to become one of the pioneer explorers of Australia. Also selected for the voyage was Lieutenant George Tobin, an unusual naval officer of wide interests and an enquiring mind, who kept a journal of the voyage. This provides an unusually balanced portrait of Bligh, but what particularly interested him was the societies of the Pacific, especially that of Tahiti, where the expedition spent many months. Besides his powers of observation, Tobin also possessed another talent invaluable to a recorder: he was a gifted watercolour artist, and on the two-year voyage produced a sketchbook containing eighty-four painted sketches, several pen and ink sketches and a map of the Torres Straits. While Tobin did the sketches during the voyage, he most likely finished the memoir in first draft around 1797. He then recopied it in 1819-20, and for the next decade he added notes. This revised version is in Sydney s Mitchell Library, and this is its first publication. The editor is Roy Schreiber, an American emeritus professor of history who has written a biography of William Bligh. He was also used by October Films both as an historical advisor and on-camera participant in their television production called The Real Captain Bligh. The programme appeared a couple of years back on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and the following year on the History Channel in the U.S.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

  • ÉditeurChatham Publishing
  • Date d'édition2007
  • ISBN 10 1861762801
  • ISBN 13 9781861762801
  • ReliureRelié
  • Nombre de pages256
EUR 11,14

Autre devise

Frais de port : EUR 25,24
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis

Destinations, frais et délais

Ajouter au panier

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780868408460: Captain Bligh's Second Chance: An Eyewitness Account of his Return to the South Seas

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0868408468 ISBN 13 :  9780868408460
Editeur : UNSW Press, 2007
Couverture souple

Meilleurs résultats de recherche sur AbeBooks

Image d'archives

George Tobin
Edité par Chatham Publishing (2007)
ISBN 10 : 1861762801 ISBN 13 : 9781861762801
Neuf Couverture rigide Quantité disponible : 1
Vendeur :
Wormhill Books
(Hereford, Royaume-Uni)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. COVID/BREXIT/ROYAL MAIL STRIKES MAY MEAN DELAYS IN TRANSIT. Priority orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 24 or courier (particularly if over 2kg). Standard mail will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 48 (up to 2kg), heavier items by courier . Overseas orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail International.Tracked. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MY PRIVACY POLICY. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000007475

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 11,14
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 25,24
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

Tobin, Lt. George
Edité par Naval Institute Press (2007)
ISBN 10 : 1861762801 ISBN 13 : 9781861762801
Neuf Couverture rigide Quantité disponible : 1
Vendeur :
BennettBooksLtd
(North Las Vegas, NV, Etats-Unis)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Etat : New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.15. N° de réf. du vendeur Q-1861762801

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 106,41
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 4,59
Vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais