A Voyage to the South Sea: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Voyage to the South Sea by William Bligh: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 21 original MP3 tracks, 8:40:30 running time and a link to listen.
A Voyage to the South Sea, credited to William Bligh, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of A Voyage to the South Sea, by William Bligh. Read by Tom Crawford. A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the Mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship’s boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies. (Summary is the full title)
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Voyage to the South Sea
- Author credits: William Bligh
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 21
- Listed recording duration: 8:40:30
Catalogue topics
- adventure
- history
- sea stories
Track guide
- 00: Advertisement — 3:10
- 01: Plan of the Expedition — 23:40
- 02: Departure from England — 45:19
- 03: Passage towards Cape of Good Hope — 14:15
- 04: Passage towards Van Diemen's Land — 25:32
- 05: ...Arrive at Otaheite — 12:22
- 06: Account of an English ship... — 42:00
- 07: A theft committed — 21:16
- 08: Expedition to Tettaba after a Heifer — 23:27
- 09: A Walk into the Country — 36:24
- 10: The Ships Cable cut in the Night — 22:55
- 11:Arrival of an Arreoy Woman from Tethuroa — 16:03
- 12: At the Island Huaheine — 22:20
- 13: A Mutiny in the Ship — 17:16
- 14: Proceed in the Launch to the Island Tofoa — 23:06
- 15: Passage towards New Holland... — 47:07
- 16: Progress ... along the Coast of New Holland — 40:46
- 17: Passage from New Holland to ... Timor — 33:03
- 18: At Coupang — 13:20
- 19: From Timor to Batavia — 13:01
- 20: Occurences at Batavia ... and thence to England — 24:12
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