423263
- TitleWilliam Bligh Memorandum on board HMS Bounty's open boat, 28 April - 14 June 1789
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- Call numberMAV/FM4/4344
Status: unavailable - Level of descriptionfonds
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28 April - 14 June 1789 - Type of material
- Reference code423263
- Physical Description1 microfilm reel of textual material - Master negative, duplicate negative and positive - 35 mm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Master of the Resolution on Cook's 3rd voyage. Survived a mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty (sent under his command to Tahiti to procure breadfruits in 1787) by sailing an open boat to Timor. Was Governor of New South Wales, 1806-1810 - Scope and ContentAn immediate record of events on the open boat voyage to Timor. Bligh's log, held in the Mitchell Library, is an extended version of the memorandum. The memorandum includes some minor additional material not in the log.
- Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-173C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011 - General note
Note on the memorandum by Emma Fisher at MLDOC 3044.
Original manuscript held by the National Library of Australia (NLA MS 5393; mfm G20815). Facsimile and transcription published by the NLA in 1986 (see: ML Q910.091823/1).
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