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Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS
Who piratically seized his Majesty ' s Ship BOUNTY , under the Command of CAPTAIN BLIGH , and were pursued by order of Government , by the PANDORA Frigate , under the Command of C APTAIN EDWARDS . Including a particular Detail of their singular Projects , and various Disagreements , Embarrassments , Escapes , Stratagems , & c . in the Island of Otaheite .
£ NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED . ] Collected from the oral Communications of some of the Parties who were acquitted on their Trial in this country . To xuhich is added , a circumstantial Account of the Characters of the Ringleaders ; Escape of some , Detection aud Surrender of others ; their Trial , Conviction , Execution , & c . & c .
To The Reader.
TO THE READER .
AS the public curiosity has never yet been gratified by a satisfactory account ofthe Adventures ofthe BOUNTY MUTINEERS , after the commission of their crime , and before the arrival of the PANDORA frigate , it is presumed that the transactions of those unfortunate people during that critical interim will not only be hig hly acceptable , but of infinite service to the public . What has been hitherto related
is demonstrably the mere produce of conjecture , or , what is worse , of PARTIALITY ; but the writer of these papers has no motive for deceiving , and flatters himself that the incidents herein detailed will testify a thorough knowledge of the affair , and carry within themselves conviction of their truth .
HIS Majesty ' s ship Bounty , of 215 tons , carrying four carriage guns , six-pounders , and four swivels , and manned with 4 6 men ( officers included ) , was fitted up for the purpose of visiting the island of Otaheite , and taking on board and conveying the breadfruit plants , and many other fruits of that country , to the British
Islands in the West Indies . She was dispatched from England in December 178 7 , and on the 26 th of October 1788 , arrived at the Island of Otaheite , where she continued in the execution of her business . Fletcher Christian , the master ' s mate , a man of respectable family and connections in the North of Englandand who had been on two
, voyages before this with Captain Bli gh , being accounted a most excellent seaman , became during their stay in Otaheite remarkably attached to the natives , who manifested , upon every occasion , the VOL . III . ' Z
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS
Who piratically seized his Majesty ' s Ship BOUNTY , under the Command of CAPTAIN BLIGH , and were pursued by order of Government , by the PANDORA Frigate , under the Command of C APTAIN EDWARDS . Including a particular Detail of their singular Projects , and various Disagreements , Embarrassments , Escapes , Stratagems , & c . in the Island of Otaheite .
£ NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED . ] Collected from the oral Communications of some of the Parties who were acquitted on their Trial in this country . To xuhich is added , a circumstantial Account of the Characters of the Ringleaders ; Escape of some , Detection aud Surrender of others ; their Trial , Conviction , Execution , & c . & c .
To The Reader.
TO THE READER .
AS the public curiosity has never yet been gratified by a satisfactory account ofthe Adventures ofthe BOUNTY MUTINEERS , after the commission of their crime , and before the arrival of the PANDORA frigate , it is presumed that the transactions of those unfortunate people during that critical interim will not only be hig hly acceptable , but of infinite service to the public . What has been hitherto related
is demonstrably the mere produce of conjecture , or , what is worse , of PARTIALITY ; but the writer of these papers has no motive for deceiving , and flatters himself that the incidents herein detailed will testify a thorough knowledge of the affair , and carry within themselves conviction of their truth .
HIS Majesty ' s ship Bounty , of 215 tons , carrying four carriage guns , six-pounders , and four swivels , and manned with 4 6 men ( officers included ) , was fitted up for the purpose of visiting the island of Otaheite , and taking on board and conveying the breadfruit plants , and many other fruits of that country , to the British
Islands in the West Indies . She was dispatched from England in December 178 7 , and on the 26 th of October 1788 , arrived at the Island of Otaheite , where she continued in the execution of her business . Fletcher Christian , the master ' s mate , a man of respectable family and connections in the North of Englandand who had been on two
, voyages before this with Captain Bli gh , being accounted a most excellent seaman , became during their stay in Otaheite remarkably attached to the natives , who manifested , upon every occasion , the VOL . III . ' Z