> 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. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 4/17/2002 5:49:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au writes: > 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 and Vancouver were on the 3rd Cook voyage, 1776-79. It explored some of the Northwest coast. I don't know if Bligh Reef, Valdez, AK was named for him then or not until Vancouver's voyage in 1792 but as sailing master he must have irked someone on the trip if that desultory undersea rock was all he got out of it. That is the rock that nipped ol' Hazelwoods single wall tanker a couple hundred years later. Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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