Paradise in chains : the Bounty mutiny and the founding of Australia
Preston, Diana, 1952-2017
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Place reservation for Paradise in chains : the Bounty mutiny and the founding of AustraliaCelebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony. The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3,618 miles has become the stuff of legend. But few realise that Bligh's escape across the seas was not the only open-boat journey in that era of British exploration and colonisation. Indeed, 9 convicts from the Australian penal colony, led by Mary Bryant, also traveled 3,250 miles across the open ocean and some uncharted seas to land at the same port Bligh had reached only months before. In this meticulously researched dual narrative of survival, acclaimed historian Diana Preston provides the background and context to explain the thrilling open-boat voyages each party survived.
Main title:
Paradise in chains : the Bounty mutiny and the founding of Australia / Diana Preston.
Author:
Preston, Diana, 1952-, author
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Collation:
xii, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781632866103 (hbk)
Dewey class:
996.18
LC class:
DU800
Local class:
996.18
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1904071
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