A chart of Bligh's Straits in the Clarence Archipelago discovered & explored by Captain William Bligh of the Royal Navy

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Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Call Number
MS 6423
Created/Published
September 1792
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1 ms. map : col. ; 36.3 x 48.4 cm.
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William Bligh, son of Francis and Jane Bligh, was born at Plymouth in 1754. In 1776 he was appointed master of the Resolution under the command of Captain James Cook and in 1787 took command of the Bounty on an expedition to the West Indies. The crew, under Fletcher Christian, mutinied in 1789. Bligh became Governor of N.S.W. in 1806. He was recalled to England in 1810 and in 1812 became Rear-Admiral of the White. He died in London in 1817.
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Bligh, William. (1792). A chart of Bligh's Straits in the Clarence Archipelago discovered & explored by Captain William Bligh of the Royal Navy Retrieved April 20, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234432507

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Bligh, William. A chart of Bligh's Straits in the Clarence Archipelago discovered & explored by Captain William Bligh of the Royal Navy : , 1792. Web. 20 April 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234432507>

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Bligh, William. 1792, A chart of Bligh's Straits in the Clarence Archipelago discovered & explored by Captain William Bligh of the Royal Navy , viewed 20 April 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234432507

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