After the Bounty: A Sailor's Account of the Mutiny, and Life in the South Seas, Hardcover - Donald a. Maxton

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The Truth About the Mutiny on HMAV BOUNTY - and the Fate of Fletcher Christian brings this famed South Pacific saga into the 21st century.By combin...

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Melville's continuing adventures in the South SeasFollowing the commercial and critical success of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of S...

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Nordhoff and Hall's account of the 1789 mutiny on board HMS Bounty, perpetrated by Fletcher Christian and the crew, against the tyrannical Captain ...

Trader and adventurer Peter Dillon (1788-1847) spent much of his life in the Pacific. When he discovered artefacts from a lost French expedition, h...

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Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Charles SouleIllustration(s): 160 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2021Dimensions...

Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern p...

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Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Marvel ComicsIllustration(s): 136 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 136Publication date: 2021Dimensions...

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Reducere. Cherished as one of the most thrilling sea adventures ever recorded, Mutiny on the Bounty has sold millions of copies and enthralled generations of...

Full of misadventure and mystery, Men Without Country is a sweeping history of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas - told by a direct desce...

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DescriptionThis title is an exploration of a life at sea in the time of Captain Cook and Admiral Nelson, covering topics as wide-ranging as science...

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Publisher: Harbour Books (East) LtdAuthor(s): Geoff NicholsonIllustration(s): 20 black & white illustrationsPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 135 x...