Mutiny, mayhem, mythology : Bounty's enigmatic voyage /

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Author / Creator:	Frost, Alan, 1943- author.
Imprint:	University of Sydney, NSW : Sydney University Press, [2018]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Bounty (Ship) Bounty (Ship) Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12871177

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ISBN:	9781743325940 1743325940 9781743322116 1743322119 1743325878 9781743325872 9781743325889 (epub)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index.
Summary:	In 1789, as the Bounty was sailing through the western Pacific Ocean on its return voyage with a cargo of Tahitian plants, disgruntled crewmen seized control of the ship from their captain. The mutineers set their captain and the 18 men who remained loyal to him adrift in one of the ship's boats, with minimal food supplied and navigational aids, and only four cutlasses for weapons. Alan Frost looks past these common narrative structures to shed new light on what truly happened during the infamous expedition. Reviewing previous accounts and explanations of the voyage and subsequent mutiny, and.
Other form:	Print version: 1743325878 9781743325872

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