John Toohey Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Captain Bligh's Portable NightmareCondition: NewSubtitle: From the Bounty to Safety—4,162 Miles across the Pacific in a Rowing BoatISBN-10: 1510729178EAN: 9781510729179ISBN: 9781510729179Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/26/2018Description: At dawn on April 28, 1789, Captain William Bligh and eighteen men from HMS Bounty were herded onto a twenty-three-foot launch and abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Thus began their extraordinary journey to Java. Covering 4,162 miles, the small boat was battered by continuous storms, and the men on board suffered crippling illness, near starvation, and attacks by islanders. The journey was one of the greatest achievements in the history of European seafaring and a personal triumph for a man who has been misjudged by history.Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare reveals Bligh's great mapmaking skills, used to particular effect while he was exploring with Captain Cook. We discover his guilt over Cook's death at Kealakekua Bay. We learn of the failure of the Bounty expedition and the myths that surround the mutiny led by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, the trials and retributions that followed Bligh's return to England, his successes as a navigator and as a vice admiral fighting next to Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen. Combining extensive research with dazzling storytelling, John Toohey tells a gripping tale of seafaring, exploration, and mutiny on the high seas, while also dismissing the black legend of the cruel and foulmouthed Captain William Bligh and reinstating him not just as a man of his times but as a true hero.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 197mmItem Length: 127mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 200gAuthor: John TooheyGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: History, Military HistoryRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare

Title: Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare

Subtitle: From the Bounty to Safety—4,162 Miles across the Pacific in a Row

ISBN-10: 1510729178

EAN: 9781510729179

ISBN: 9781510729179

Release Date: 04/26/2018

Release Year: 2018

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Book Title: Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare : From the Bounty to Safety--4,162 Miles Across the Pacific in a Rowing Boat

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Topic: Military / Naval, Military / General, Adventurers & Explorers, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Europe / Great Britain / General, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2019

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 7.1 Oz

Item Length: 7.7 in

Author: John Toohey

Item Width: 5 in

Format: Trade Paperback