A Voyage to the South Sea

A Voyage to the South Sea

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Title: A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The
Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The
Mutiny On Board The Ship
Author: William Bligh
Release Date: March 19, 2005 [EBook #15411]
Language: English
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A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA
BY WILLIAM BLIGH.

A
VOYAGE
TO THE SOUTH SEA,
UNDERTAKEN BY COMMAND OF
HIS MAJESTY,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF

CONVEYING THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE
TO THE WEST INDIES,
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE BOUNTY,
COMMANDED BY
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BLIGH.
INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE
MUTINY ON BOARD THE SAID SHIP,
AND THE
SUBSEQUENT VOYAGE OF PART OF THE CREW, IN THE
SHIP'S BOAT,
FROM TOFOA, ONE OF THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS,
TO TIMOR, A DUTCH SETTLEMENT IN THE EAST INDIES.
THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED WITH CHARTS, ETC.
...
PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF THE
LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
...
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR GEORGE NICOL, BOOKSELLER TO HIS
MAJESTY, PALL-MALL.
1792.
...
ADVERTISEMENT.
At the time I published the Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the
Bounty it was my intention that the preceding part of the Voyage
should be contained in a separate account. This method I have since
been induced to alter. The reason of the Narrative appearing first was
for the purpose of communicating early information concerning an
event which had attracted the public notice: and, being drawn up in a
hasty manner, it required many corrections. Some circumstances
likewise were omitted; and the notation of time used in the Narrative
being according to sea reckoning, in which the days begin and end at
noon, must have produced a degree of obscurity and confusion to
readers accustomed only to the civil mode. And this would have
increased as the remainder of the voyage, on account of the numerous
shore occurrences at Otaheite and elsewhere, could not, with clearness
and propriety, have been related in any other than the usual manner of

reckoning.
Besides remedying these inconveniencies I have thought a fuller
account of our passage from Timor to Europe than that contained in the
Narrative would not be unacceptable. These reasons, with the manifest
convenience of comprising the whole Voyage in one continued
narrative, in preference to letting it appear in disjointed accounts will, it
is hoped, be allowed a sufficient excuse for having varied from the
original intention. Nevertheless for the accommodation of the
purchasers of the Narrative already published those who desire it will
be supplied with the other parts of the Voyage separate; i.e. the part
previous to the mutiny and the additional account after leaving Timor.
...
CONTENTS.

CHAPTER 1.
Plan of the Expedition. Outfit and Occurrences to the time of leaving
England. Description of the Breadfruit.

CHAPTER 2.
Departure from England. Arrival at Tenerife. Sail from thence. Arrival
off Cape Horn. Severity of the Weather. Obliged to bear away for the
Cape of Good Hope.

CHAPTER 3.
Passage towards the Cape of Good Hope and Search after Tristan da
Cunha. Arrival at False Bay. Occurrences there. Reports concerning the
Grosvenor's People. Departure from the Cape.

CHAPTER 4.
Passage towards Van Diemen's Land. Make the Island of St. Paul.
Arrival in Adventure Bay. Natives seen. Sail from Van Diemen's Land.

CHAPTER 5.
Rocky Islands discovered. See the Island Maitea and arrive at Otaheite.
Ship crowded by the Natives.

CHAPTER 6.
Account of an English Ship lately sailed from Otaheite. Death of Omai.
Captain Cook's Picture sent on board. Otoo visits the Ship. His Visit
returned. Natives well disposed towards us. Account of the Cattle left
by Captain Cook. Breadfruit plants promised. Visit to the Earee Rahie.
Presents made to the Arreoys.

CHAPTER 7.
A theft committed. Deception of the painted Head. Conversation with a
Priest. A Wrestling Match. Reports of the Natives concerning other
Islands. Some Account of Omai.

CHAPTER 8.
Expedition to Tettaba after a Heifer. Extraordinary domestic
Arrangements. Tinah's Mother visits the Ship. A Sheep brought from
Ulietea. Heavy Storm. Death of the Surgeon. Taowne and Toahroah

Harbours examined.

CHAPTER 9.
A Walk into the Country. The Peeah Roah. Prevailed on by the
Kindness of the Chiefs to defer our Departure. Breadfruit Plants
collected. Move the Ship to Toahroah Harbour. Fishing. Three of the
Ship's Company desert. Indiscretion of our People