[Signed documents] [1789-1938] [manuscript]

Bib ID:
1381638
Format:
Manuscript
Author:
Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Access Conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.
Description:
  • 1789-1938
  • 1 cm. (1 folder)
Summary:

Most of the documents are accompanied by typewritten English translations apparently done by the Landsarchief van Nederlandsch-Indie, now the Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia, where the documents are housed. There is also a yearbook for 1937 (published 1938) of the Landsarchief.

Negative photographs of 13 documents and letters, written chiefly in Dutch at Koepang, Sourabaya and Batavia, and most signed by Bligh. There are lists of the men on the "Resource" and the "Bounty" mutineers, descriptions of the revolts on both ships, interrogations by Bligh of the troublemakers, and requests to the Governor-General William Arnold Alting and members of the India Council

Biography/History:

On 28 April 1789, Bligjh and 18 men from the "Bountry" were set adrift in the ship's launch. After one of the longest known open boat voyages, the launch reached Koepang, Timor, on 15 June. They secured a schooner, the "Resource", and proceeded on toBatavia, pausing at Sourabaya for supplies, where disputes broke out amongst themen. The Dutch governor was obliged to carry out investigations into the men's complaints

Notes:
  • Negative photographs.
  • Manuscript reference: NLA MS 5956.
  • Original held by Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia
Subject:
Time Coverage:
1789-1938
Occupation:
Ship captains
Copyright:

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