{"product_id":"captain-bligh-s-second-chance","title":"Captain Bligh's Second Chance: An Eyewitness Account of his Return to the South Seas","description":"This is the story of William Bligh's second and successful voyage to bring breadfruit trees from Tahiti to the West Indies in the year 1791, in the ship HMS Providence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe British Admiralty also gave him the assignment of mapping the treacherous Torres Straits between Australia and New Guinea on his way home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of this tale is the young George Tobin, Bligh's young third lieutenant on the Providence. Matthew Flinders was a fellow crew member on the journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book describes the journey of the Providence as witnessed by George Tobin and retold through his journal entries and sketches in ink and watercolours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor: \u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e Roy Schreiber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback: 184 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU: P1380","brand":"Boat books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52956142174572,"sku":"P1380","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/1920\/5996\/files\/Captain-Bligh-Second.jpg?v=1764760805","url":"https:\/\/www.boatbooks-aust.com.au\/products\/captain-bligh-s-second-chance","provider":"Boat books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}