A chart of Bligh's Straits in the Clarence Archipelago discovered & explored by Captain William Bligh of the Royal Navy [cartographic material]
- Bib ID:
- 3414930
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Bligh, William, 1754-1817
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- September 1792
- 1 ms. map : col. ; 36.3 x 48.4 cm.
- Biography/History:
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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.
- Notes:
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- Map of Oceania showing voyages of the Endeavour (1770), Bounty (1789), Providence and Assistant (1792). Relief shown by hachures and depth shown by bathymetric soundings.
- Prime meridian: Greenwich.
- Signature of William Bligh in lower right corner.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234432507
- Library's copy is mounted.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; D1185
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1792
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the [William Bligh charts].
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1817
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1792
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