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Paradise in chains : the Bounty mutiny and the founding of Australia

by Diana Preston

This dual history examines the parallel 18th-century survival voyages of William Bligh after the mutiny on the Bounty and a group of convicts escaping the Australian penal colony. It explores their journeys across the Pacific and encounters with various island nations.

Accession 34274 ISBN 9781632866103 Publisher Bloomsbury
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