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BLIGH (WILLIAM) 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... to Timor, FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1792 image 1
BLIGH (WILLIAM) 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... to Timor, FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1792 image 2
BLIGH (WILLIAM) 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... to Timor, FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1792 image 3
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BLIGH (WILLIAM)
A Voyage to the South Sea...in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1792

7 – 15 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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BLIGH (WILLIAM)

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... to Timor, FIRST EDITION, stipple-engraved oval portrait of Bligh by J. Condé after Russell, 7 engraved plates, plans and charts (5 folding), Bread fruit plate and one chart trimmed to image at upper margin and with short tear repaired, one with light stain, one remounted on later tab, occasional spotting, modern half calf [Hill 135; Ferguson 125; Sabin 5910], 4to (258 x 215mm.), George Nicol, 1792

Footnotes

Captain Bligh's own official account of one of the most celebrated of voyages, including the mutiny and the remarkable 3500 mile journey across the Pacific in the Bounty's launch to safety in Timor, which resulted in the loss of just one man.

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