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Bligh, William
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Bligh, William (1754–1817). Sailor. Born in Plymouth, Bligh joined the navy at 16. In 1787 he commanded an expedition to the Pacific to procure bread‐fruits, taking HMS
Bethia, renamed
Bounty. Fletcher Christian, his mate and the leader of the mutiny, was a friend. Bligh was an excellent navigator, but irritable and prone to coarse language. After the mutiny on 28 April 1789, he and eighteen men were placed in an open boat. They reached Timor after 41 days and well over 3,500 miles, with the loss of only one man, killed by natives. On his return to Britain, Bligh was court‐martialled and exonerated. He resumed his career, served as governor of New South Wales, and died a vice‐admiral.
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Review of Daryl Dellora's The Life, Times and Travels of the Extraordinary Vice-Admiral William Bligh--An Interactive Graphic Novel.(E-book review)(Young adult review)
Magazine article from: History Australia; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and travels' of Vice Admiral William Bligh by using the form of a graphic...an easily accessible manner. William Bligh's life is charted from his early...the Extraordinary Vice-Admiral William Bligh should appeal to its target audience...
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Items belonging to William Bligh, the captain of the infamous Bounty who suffered mutiny at the hands of his crew, have been purchased by the National Maritime Museum at auction. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 12/1/2002; 392 words
; Items belonging to William Bligh, the captain of the infamous Bounty who suffered mutiny at the hands...purchased by the National Maritime Museum at auction. The relics, from Bligh's journey across the Pacific to Timor after being cast adrift by...
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[ * Perhaps you remember William Bligh, the captain ... ]
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 2/27/2006; 451 words
; * Perhaps you remember William Bligh, the captain of the good ship Bounty whom the crew mutinied against in 1789. Apparently he wasn't much of a people person...
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OBIT - BLIGH, WILLIAM ALLAN, (BILL)
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 12/3/2006; 700+ words
; William Allan (Bill) Bligh, of 5402 Downing Street, S.W...youngest sister, Dorothy (DiDi) Bligh Martin, husband Mike and special...is also survived by two children, William A. Bligh, Jr. and family, Cary, N.C...
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Conservation and rebinding of the Bligh notebook.(William Bligh)
Magazine article from: National Library of Australia Gateways; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; The notebook of William Bligh (MS5393) and the List of Mutineers...Libraries. The notebook and the list are Bligh's records of the famous mutiny by...The ship's commander, Captain William Bligh, and 18 crew who refused to join...
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"A close prisoner": Richard Polwhele's encounter with Captain Bligh. (Essays).(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...farcical, encounter with Captain William Bligh, whom he imprisoned briefly in...classic The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh, R.N., F.R.S. includes...H. W. Robinson's "Captain William Bligh R.N., Hydrographic Surveyor...
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Capt. Bligh, real hero of the Bounty
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/14/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...subject. The epic of William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and...She does the same for William Bligh in The Bounty: The True...inspired poets, even William Wordsworth and Samuel...Indies to feed the slaves. Bligh, they said, aided and...
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The Bligh tragedy Exploding the myth of a seagoing sadist
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...makes an excellent case that history has slighted Bligh in Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare: From the Bounty to Safety...Boat (HarperCollins, $24). In Toohey's view, William Bligh was no saint, but a much more interesting personality...
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Bligh was not such a bad guy
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/18/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...like to try a reality book: Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare, by John...account of the adventures of Capt. William Bligh, long vilified in film and print...public records and accounts left by Bligh and other survivors, focuses on...
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Bligh the hero?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...be long before Maurice Bligh started demonising Fletcher...praising his ancestor Capt William Bligh - a hero in his eyes...management skills. Maurice Bligh's denigration of Christian...was a close friend of William Wordworth. His Cumbria...
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William Bligh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Bligh William Bligh (1754-1817) was an English naval captain and a colonial governor of New South Wales, Australia. Probably best known for his involvement in the mutiny on H. M. S. "Bounty," he had a career fraught with controversy...
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Bligh, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Bligh, William (1754–1817). Sailor. Born in Plymouth, Bligh joined the navy at 16 and sailed with Cook on his...mate and the leader of the mutiny, was a friend and Bligh's own choice. Bligh was an excellent navigator...
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Bond, Frederick Bligh (1864-1945)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Bond, Frederick Bligh (1864-1945) Ecclesiastical...in America by Archbishop William Henry Francis Brothers...communications from Captain Bligh of the H.M.S. Bounty...through an American psychic. Bligh was Bond's great-uncle...
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Bligh, Captain
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Bligh, Captain the type of a naval martinet, from William Bligh (1754–1817), British naval officer, captain of HMS Bounty (see Mutiny on the Bounty at mutiny ).
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Kenawell, William Wooding (1920-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Kenawell, William Wooding (1920-) Assistant...study of the life of Frederick Bligh Bond, a British archaeologist...England. Sources: Kenawell, William W. The Quest at Glastonbury...Biographical Study of Frederick Bligh Bond. New York: Helix Press...
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