The Bounty and beyond : a textual and bibliographical investigation of William Bligh's journals of the first breadfruit expedition / John A. Fish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fish, John A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bligh, William, 1754-1817. Narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majesty's ship Bounty.

Bligh, William.

Bligh, William, 1754-1817--Diaries.

Bounty Mutiny, 1789.

Explorers--Australia--Diaries.

Explorers.

Bligh, William, 1754-1817.

Australia.

Genre:

Diaries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 303 pages: illustration, facsimilies (color) ; 29 cm.

Edition:

First edition of 300 copies.

Place of Publication:

Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing in Association with Ancora Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Despite Bligh's Bounty journal being widely regarded as the most important of all of the primary documents related to the famous mutiny, the relationship between the official version of the journal (at The National Archives in London) and Bligh's private version (at the Mitchell Library in Sydney) has never been thoroughly investigated. That surprising omission has now been comprehensively rectified with the publication of The Bounty and beyond, a meticulous comparison of the two versions of the journal..."--Page 2 of dust jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Bligh's first breadfruit expedition journals

The comparison

Concluding remarks

Appendices. Appendix A: Bligh's Original Narrative, the Official Journal and the published Narrative

Appendix B: George Mackaness' use of Bligh's first breadfruit expedition journals

Appendix C: Owen Rutter's use of Bligh quotations in the Mackaness biography of Bligh

Appendix D: The Gold Cockerel Press edition of the Official Journal

Appendix E: The Genesis facsimile of the Official Journal

Editions and manuscripts referred to or quoted.

Notes:

Includes frontispiece.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781922952783

1922952788

OCLC:

1396255065

Publisher Number:

99996610486