Chasing the Bounty : The Voyages of the Pandora and Matavy

Maxton, Donald A. (EDT)

McFarland & Co Inc（2020/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476679389
• DDC分類 996.18

Full Description

Popular films about the Bounty mutiny only scratch the surface. This rebellion on a British vessel in 1789 sparked the voyages of H.M.S. Pandora--dispatched to track down the mutineers and return them to England for court-martial--and the Matavy, a schooner built by the mutineers in Tahiti.

This is the first book to include eyewitness accounts from five men who endured these voyages. Presented in overlapping, chronological order are the first publication of a narrative by a member of Matavy's crew, who vividly describes a desperate struggle to survive with meager provisions among islands filled with hostile natives. A previously unpublished poem by an anonymous sailor on Pandora recounts the ship's sinking, the survivors' tortuous journey to the Dutch East Indies, and their return to England. The captain's unedited statement on the loss of Pandora is included and appendices summarize the Bounty and Pandora courts-martial and the later history of each narrator.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Note on the Text

Part One. The Bounty Mutineers in Tahiti

Part Two. Outward Bound on H.M.S. Pandora

Part Three. Capturing the Mutineers

Part Four. Searching for Fletcher Christian

Part Five. Shipwreck in Torres Strait

Part Six. Sailing to the Dutch East Indies

Part Seven. Passage to Batavia and England

Part Eight. The Unforeseen Voyage of Matavy

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index