Author: ANTHONY, IRVIN (EDITED BY)
Title: The Saga of the Bounty Its Strange History As Related By the Participants Themselves
Description: New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The edges of the text block have noticeable foxing and ground-in dirt. The price clipped dust jacket have edge tears, nicks and several chips missing along with ground-in dirt and a coffee ring to the rear cover. "The islands were uninhabited when they were rediscovered by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, working in the employ of Spain, in January 1606. The British rediscovered the island on 3 July 1767 on a voyage led by Captain Philip Carteret, and named it after the fifteen-year-old Robert Pitcairn, a son of John Pitcairn, who was the crew member who first spotted the island; he was lost at sea three years later. Carteret, who sailed without the newly-invented marine chronometer, charted the island at 25°02'S 133°21'W, and although the latitude was reasonably accurate, his recorded longitude was incorrect by about 3° (330 km [210 mi]) west of the island. When the Bounty mutineers arrived on Pitcairn, it was uninhabited; however, a large number of archaeological items remained, such as marae, tiki carvings, adzes and adze flakes, rock carvings and petroglyphs. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Travel & Exploration Irvin Anthony The Bounty Ships & Sailing Australia Mutiny
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Title: The Saga of the Bounty Its Strange History As Related By the Participants Themselves
Description: New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The edges of the text block have noticeable foxing and ground-in dirt. The price clipped dust jacket have edge tears, nicks and several chips missing along with ground-in dirt and a coffee ring to the rear cover. "The islands were uninhabited when they were rediscovered by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, working in the employ of Spain, in January 1606. The British rediscovered the island on 3 July 1767 on a voyage led by Captain Philip Carteret, and named it after the fifteen-year-old Robert Pitcairn, a son of John Pitcairn, who was the crew member who first spotted the island; he was lost at sea three years later. Carteret, who sailed without the newly-invented marine chronometer, charted the island at 25°02'S 133°21'W, and although the latitude was reasonably accurate, his recorded longitude was incorrect by about 3° (330 km [210 mi]) west of the island. When the Bounty mutineers arrived on Pitcairn, it was uninhabited; however, a large number of archaeological items remained, such as marae, tiki carvings, adzes and adze flakes, rock carvings and petroglyphs. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Travel & Exploration Irvin Anthony The Bounty Ships & Sailing Australia Mutiny
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 45275
- Book number: 45275
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