Chasing the Bounty

The Voyages of the Pandora and Matavy

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7938-9 (ISBN)

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Popular films about the Bounty mutiny only scratch the surface of its multilayered history. This rebellion on a British vessel in 1789 spawned a sequence of engrossing, sometimes tragic, events during the voyages of H.M.S. Pandora and Matavy. This is the first book to include eyewitness accounts from five men who endured these voyages.

Popular films about the Bounty mutiny only scratch the surface. This rebellion on a British vessel in 1789 sparked the voyages of H.M.S. Pandora--dispatched to track down the mutineers and return them to England for court-martial--and the Matavy, a schooner built by the mutineers in Tahiti.

This is the first book to include eyewitness accounts from five men who endured these voyages. Presented in overlapping, chronological order are the first publication of a narrative by a member of Matavy's crew, who vividly describes a desperate struggle to survive with meager provisions among islands filled with hostile natives. A previously unpublished poem by an anonymous sailor on Pandora recounts the ship's sinking, the survivors' tortuous journey to the Dutch East Indies, and their return to England. The captain's unedited statement on the loss of Pandora is included and appendices summarize the Bounty and Pandora courts-martial and the later history of each narrator.

Donald A. Maxton retired from a 35-year career of writing, editing and designing newsletters, magazines, brochures, and educational material for corporations and hospital systems. He has written and edited three books and eight articles about the mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty, and delivers presentations on the subject. He lives in Springfield, New Jersey, and New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Note on the Text

Part One. The Bounty Mutineers in Tahiti

Part Two. Outward Bound on H.M.S. Pandora

Part Three. Capturing the Mutineers

Part Four. Searching for Fletcher Christian

Part Five. Shipwreck in Torres Strait

Part Six. Sailing to the Dutch East Indies

Part Seven. Passage to Batavia and England

Part Eight. The Unforeseen Voyage of Matavy

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.06.2020
Zusatzinfo	29 photos, appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-7938-X / 147667938X
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7938-9 / 9781476679389
Zustand	Neuware