Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 274 Bligh, William 1754 1817 A voyage to the South Sea : $b 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 Produced by Sue Asscher and Col Choat. "A Voyage to the South Sea" by William Bligh is a historical account written in the late 18th century. The narrative details Bligh's expedition on His Majesty's ship, the Bounty, tasked with transporting the breadfruit tree to the West Indies. It also involves the infamous mutiny aboard the ship and the arduous journey that ensued for part of the crew, who navigated in a small boat from Tofua to Timor. The opening of the book introduces the purpose of the expedition, highlighting the preparations and challenges faced prior to departure from England. Bligh meticulously describes the ship's outfitting, crew composition, and the significance of the breadfruit tree as a potential agricultural asset for the West Indies. As he lays the groundwork for the narrative, readers are drawn into the intricacies of 18th-century maritime life, the ambitions of colonial enterprises, and the eventual tensions that lead to mutiny as they venture into uncharted waters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Voyages and travels Bounty (Ship) Bounty Mutiny, 1789 Oceania -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 DU Text Category: Biographies Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Warfare 495649 2025-07-06T13:42:15.024141 text/html 488724 2020-12-14T07:56:53 text/html 1172911 2025-07-06T13:42:23.703042 application/epub+zip 1178768 2025-07-06T13:42:18.420111 application/epub+zip 239477 2025-07-06T13:42:17.175110 application/epub+zip 1325308 2025-07-06T13:42:27.794007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1299750 2025-07-06T13:42:22.674091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351282 2022-09-07T21:36:19.412994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473713 2025-07-06T13:42:14.175114 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 473256 2020-12-14T07:56:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20238 2025-07-06T13:42:27.927007 application/rdf+xml 17166 2025-07-06T13:42:17.685078 image/jpeg 4014 2025-07-06T13:42:17.431055 image/jpeg 1013611 2020-12-14T07:56:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 168075 2020-12-14T07:56:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 1133535 2025-07-06T13:42:15.089104 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia