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From: Doug Royer
Date: 2007 Sep 21, 09:56 -0700
Yes, there is. I read the account a couple
of years ago. It dealt with Bounty’s voyage to
An interesting part of the book was Bligh’s
observation of the transit of Venus while in
I can’t remember the name of the
book or the author but it was published no more than 5 years ago. A woman wrote
it. I’ll try to get the name of the author and get back to you about it.
Hi all,
The
subject of emergency navigation has several times come up in recent posts. I
have long wondered if, by chance, anyone has any knowledge of the
navigation performed by William Bligh after having been set adrift by the HMS
Bounty mutineers. This was, after all one of the more famous historical small
boat voyages. Is there any record of a journal having been kept detailing the
navigation performed?
Regards,
Henry
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