Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare
ISBN:
9781875989249 (1875989242)
Edition language: English
Captain Bligh. The name itself has come down to us as a paradigm of what is worst in a sea captain. Pettiness, cruelty, an obsessive, controlling nature. Not so fast. Did you know that Bligh was one of the most gifted navigators of his time, that he was the Master on Captain Cook’s flagship, that he...