[Paddlewise] Vancouver and Bligh

> By the way, I've a feeling that the famous Bligh, eventually of the
> Bounty,  was on Vancouver's expedition, but I can't be sure without
checking.
Nick: I have an opposite feeling. Bligh and Vancouver were with Cook's last
voyage in 1778 looking for the NW passage, earlier claimed to have been
found by Wunda Fuca. But Bligh was elsewhere during Vancouver's 1791 voyage.
Bligh had survived the Bounty mutiny in 1789:-
"Bligh and 18 other crew members loyal to him were set adrift  on April 28th
in the Bounty's launch, an open boat, 23-foot long by 6'9" wide.  In most
cases such an act would have led to certain death for the men aboard, but
Bligh was a magnificent seaman and he sailed from Tofua, one of the Friendly
Islands, landing in  Timor, Java, without any loss of life on June 14th.
The journey of 3618 nautical miles took them 47 days."
Not a bad effort, eh? An inspiration for those who travel in small boats.
PT, Melbourne, OZ.



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