MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. With a Preface by the Authors and an Appendix Containing the True Story of Peter Heywood. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. - Hardcover
This beautiful edition is graced with 31 Color Print Plates. Cherished as one of the most thrilling sea adventures ever recorded, Mutiny on the Bounty has sold millions of copies and enthralled generations of readers around the world in the seven decades since its initial publication. The novel reprises a true story-the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh-and reaches peaks of narrative excitement that mark the book indelibly as a modern classic. In 1789 HMS Bounty under the command of Lieutenant William Bligh sailed off on a voyage to Tahiti in the South Pacific to obtain breadfruit trees for transplanting in the Caribbean. After a long, difficult voyage, in which a passage of Cape Horn had to be abandoned, the ship finally reached its destination. Within a few months, the Bounty was loaded with breadfruit plants and fresh provisions. But the return voyage never materialized.
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- PublisherThe Heritage Press
- Publication date1947
- ISBN 10 1121642683
- ISBN 13 9781121642683
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages465
- IllustratorMarin Fletcher
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