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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, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies.

Author/creator Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, 1792.
Description[10], 264 p., [8] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., maps, port., plans ; 30 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Bligh, William, 1754-1817--Travel --Oceania --Early works to 1800.
Bounty (Ship)--Early works to 1800.
Bounty Mutiny, 1789--Early works to 1800.
Breadfruit--Oceania --Early works to 1800.
Oceania--Discovery and exploration --British --Early works to 1800.
Included WorkBligh, William, 1754-1817 Narrative of the mutiny on board His Majesty's ship Bounty.
Included WorkBurney, James, 1750-1821.
Included WorkBanks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820.
Included WorkCondé, Jean, d. 1794.
Included WorkHarrison, W., 1784.
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteMaritime; Travel; Biography.
Local note2008A168600.
Local noteMaritime; Travel; Biography.
Local note2008A168600.
Local noteMaritime; Travel; Biography.
Local note2008A168600.
General noteThe official account of the complete voyage of the Bounty, the expedition intended to transplant the breadfruit tree from Tahiti to the West Indies in order to feed the slave population. Incorporated in the text is a revised version of the Narrative of the mutiny, which Bligh had published separately in 1790. The breadfruit and its properties are described in detail. The publication of the voyage was overseen by Sir Joseph Banks; James Burney edited the text and saw it through the press as Bligh was otherwise engaged on his second breadfruit voyage.
General noteIncludes references to New Zealand.
General noteWritten mostly by William Bligh, with some text by James Burney.
General note"Published by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."
General noteEngr. front. port. of William Bligh, signed "engraved by J. Condé"; and engr. t.p.
General noteEngraving "Sections of the bread fruit", facing p. 10, signed "Mackenzie sc."; sketch of the "North part of Otaheite" signed "W. Harrison, sc."
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 5910.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2008. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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