Being the near relative of Mr. Christian Curwen, long member of Parliament for Carlisle, and himself a native, he was well known in the neighbourhood.')41 After all, a curious house, mostly hidden by trees, on an island in those lakes ...
At this time, paper was at 28 per cent discount: there is likewise a difference in the value of the ducatoon, which at Batavia is 80 stivers, and in Holland is 63 stivers: this occasions a loss of 21% per cent on remittance of money.
Mutiny on the Bounty is an "astounding sea tale" (New York Times) that thrills readers young and old with its action-packed account of treachery and survival in the South Pacific....
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Mutiny on the Bounty is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty’s voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition towards ...
Nordhoff and Hall's account of the infamous mutiny that took place on board HMS Bounty in 1789
Fourteen-year-old John Jacob Turnstile has been in trouble with the police once too often, and is on his way to prison when he gets an offer to go to sea as a cabin boy.
Entries from the diary of British Royal Navy officer and colonial governor William Bligh recount the infamous events that took place on the HMS Bounty in 1789. Despite his adventurous...
Mutiny on the Bounty is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty’s voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition towards ...
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 ...
In this time-honored classic, William Bligh offers his vivid account of a routine voyage to Tahiti that turned into the world's most famous mutiny — and a perilous struggle for survival.
The story of the Bounty will be told as long as men sail the sea. The storytelling genius of the authors finds here a canvas filled with color, action and adventure.
This story follows the mutiny's aftermath, the love affairs, and the tragedies that link sailors of the Bounty with the merchant ship Mercury as it voyages from Canton to Alta and Baja California.