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... Bligh was appointed master of the Resolution , which Captain Cook commanded on his third voyage around the world . At the time of this appointment Bligh was only twenty - one years old . For the next four years , he drew charts of newly ...
... Bligh was appointed master of the Resolution , which Captain Cook commanded on his third voyage around the world . At the time of this appointment Bligh was only twenty - one years old . For the next four years , he drew charts of newly ...
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... Bligh and eighteen men considered loyal to him and cast them off in a boat only 23 ft long , equipped with four cutlasses and food and water to last a few days ; the gunwale of the loaded boat had only 7 ins freeboard . On 6 May the ...
... Bligh and eighteen men considered loyal to him and cast them off in a boat only 23 ft long , equipped with four cutlasses and food and water to last a few days ; the gunwale of the loaded boat had only 7 ins freeboard . On 6 May the ...
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... Bligh sailed in the Providence , and Lieutenant Nathaniel Portlock , who had been one of Bligh's sailing companions on Cook's Resolution , took charge of the small brig Assistant . Also with this expedition was Matthew Flinders , who ...
... Bligh sailed in the Providence , and Lieutenant Nathaniel Portlock , who had been one of Bligh's sailing companions on Cook's Resolution , took charge of the small brig Assistant . Also with this expedition was Matthew Flinders , who ...
Contents
The Approach to Australia | 33 |
From Botany Bay to the Blue Mountains 17881813 | 48 |
Land and Sea Expeditions 18131901 | 77 |
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