The Log of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1793 [Geoffrey Ingleton's copy with his book-plate]

Guildford (Surrey): Genesis Publications Limited, 1976. Folio, original half leather with gilt decoration and raised bands, colour frontispiece, 5 folding maps, b&w illus, pp 951. With G.N. Ingeton's book-plate front endpaper. Preface by Lord Mountbatten; introductory essays by Stephen Walters and D.G.C. Allan. Includes "A Description of the Mangostan and Breadfruit" by John Ellis (175). Number 341 of a limited edition of 500. Fine condition in good, rubbed slipcase.

A complete facsimile of the original log now preserved in the Public Records Office, Kew. Bligh's voyage on the Providence was successful, unlike the earlier voyage on the Bounty. Item #95357

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