William Bligh
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Die Reise der Bounty in die Südsee
"Bei einem so geheim angelegten Plan und bei meiner Arglosigkeit ist es wohl kein Wunder, dass ich überlistet worden bin." William Bligh
Er entstammt einer Seefahrerfamilie und legt eiserne Disziplin an den Tag: William Bligh ist der geborene Kapitän. Seine Reisen in die Südsee sind erfolgreich, Fracht und Mannschaft erreichen Ende 1787 die Westindischen Inseln wohlbehalten. Wetterbedingt verzögert sich die Rückreise um ein halbes Jahr. Doch Bligh mahnt nach sechs Monaten zum Aufbruch. Murrend fügt sich die Mannschaft – bis diese ihn während der berühmtenMeuterei auf der Bounty auf offener See in einem kleinen Boot mit wenigen getreuen Männern aussetzt…
Der erfolgreiche Seefahrer William Bligh leitet Ende 1787 eine Seereise zu den Westindischen Inseln, um die dortigen Zuckerrohr-Anbauer mit Nahrungsmitteln zu versorgen. Trotz schwerer Stürme erreicht sein Schiff das Ziel. Witterungsverhältnisse zwingen Bligh da zu, die Abreise fast ein halbes Jahr zu verschieben. Als es soweit ist, regt sich Unwillen unter den Mannschaftsmitgliedern – über viele Monate hatten sie ein weitgehend müßiges Leben in einem Paradies geführt und sollen nun wieder eine lange, entbehrungsreiche Reise unter einem sehr disziplinierten Kapitän antreten. Auf offener See kommt es nach wenigen Wochen zu Auseinandersetzungen, Bligh wird in einem kleinen Boot ausgesetzt. Dank seines navigatorischen Talents erreichen fast alle mit ihm ausgesetzten Männer nach langer Zeit Land. Der spannende Tat sachenbericht von Bligh wird durch den Bericht des Arztes Dr. George Hamilton ergänzt, der auf der, die Meuterer jagenden, schwerbewaffneten Fregatte «Pandora» unter dem Kommando von Kapitän Edward dient.
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A Voyage to the South Sea (Autobiography)
"A Voyage to the South Sea" is an interesting and thrilling autobiographical account by the Royal Navy Vice-Admiral William Bligh of the naval expedition of HMS Bounty under his command, including the mutiny against him that happened in 1789. In order to win a premium offered by the Royal Society, Bligh first sailed to Tahiti to obtain breadfruit trees, then set course east across the South Pacific for South America and the Cape Horn and eventually to the Caribbean Sea, where breadfruit was wanted for experiments to see whether it would be a successful food crop for African slaves there on British colonial plantations in the West Indies islands. However, The Bounty never reached the Caribbean, as mutiny broke out on board shortly after the ship left Tahiti. The reasons behind the mutiny are still debated. After being set adrift in Bounty's launch by the mutineers, Bligh and his loyal men were forced to start a completely new and an adventurous journey of their own…
Mutiny on the Bounty
Cast out from their ship by Fletcher Christian and his rebel band, William Bligh and eighteen seamen were forced to journey thousands of miles to the nearest port in a small open boat, with inadequate supplies and without a compass or charts. This time-honored classic, written in 1790, is Bligh's personal account of an extraordinary feat of seamanship, in which he used a sextant, a pocket watch, and his own iron will to direct an ill-equipped vessel and crew to safety across nearly 4,000 miles of rolling sea.Bligh's memoir also recounts the events of a routine voyage of scientific exploration to Tahiti that achieved legendary status when it erupted into the world's most famous mutiny. The captain's narrative offers a marked contrast to the familiar tale of film and fiction. Anyone who thrilled to the Bounty movies, along with all lovers of maritime adventure, will be captivated by this story of daring and perseverance.
A Voyage to the South Sea
"A Voyage to the South Sea" is an interesting and thrilling autobiographical account by the Royal Navy Vice-Admiral William Bligh of the naval expedition of HMS Bounty under his command, including the mutiny against him that happened in 1789. In order to win a premium offered by the Royal Society, Bligh first sailed to Tahiti to obtain breadfruit trees, then set course east across the South Pacific for South America and the Cape Horn and eventually to the Caribbean Sea, where breadfruit was wanted for experiments to see whether it would be a successful food crop for African slaves there on British colonial plantations in the West Indies islands. However, The Bounty never reached the Caribbean, as mutiny broke out on board shortly after the ship left Tahiti. The reasons behind the mutiny are still debated. After being set adrift in Bounty's launch by the mutineers, Bligh and his loyal men were forced to start a completely new and an adventurous journey of their own…
