A Voyage to the South Sea

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) (8 hr 40 min)

Chapters

Advertisement	3:10	Read by Tom Crawford
Plan of the Expedition	23:39	Read by Tom Crawford
Departure from England	45:19	Read by Tom Crawford
Passage towards Cape of Good Hope	14:15	Read by Tom Crawford
Passage towards Van Diemen's Land	25:31	Read by Tom Crawford
... Arrive at Otaheite	12:22	Read by Tom Crawford
Account of an English Ship...	42:00	Read by Tom Crawford
A theft committed	21:16	Read by Tom Crawford
Expedition to Tettaba after a Heifer	23:27	Read by Tom Crawford
A Walk into the Country	36:24	Read by Tom Crawford
The Ship's Cable cut in the Night	22:55	Read by Tom Crawford
Arrival of an Arreoy Woman from Tethuroa	16:02	Read by Tom Crawford
At the Island Huaheine	22:20	Read by Tom Crawford
A Mutiny in the Ship	17:16	Read by Tom Crawford
Proceed in the Launch to the Island Tofoa	23:06	Read by Tom Crawford
Passage towards New Holland	47:07	Read by Tom Crawford
Progress ... along the Coast of New Holland	40:45	Read by Tom Crawford
Passage from New Holland to the Island Timor	33:03	Read by Tom Crawford
At Coupang	13:20	Read by Tom Crawford
From Timor to Batavia	13:01	Read by Tom Crawford
Occurrences at Batavia ... thence to England	24:12	Read by Tom Crawford

Reviews

"Clicking Sounds Okay" The Who "Live at Leeds"

(4 stars)

Donald R Miller

Pete Townshend of The Who wrote the above statement on the original cover of what many people, myself included, consider to be the best live album any rock band recorded. Too bad the sounds would ruin it for the previous reviewer. I like Tom Crawford's voice and his delivery, for it is what Librivox is at its community-recording best. Just an idea, but instead of complaining, a listener could always shell out some money for a professionally recorded audio book. Over the years, Librivox has been blessed with many professional or near professional quality volunteers. That's a fortunate occurrence, but one hopes that the spirit of a community effort always remains and that there is room for people who have various talents to offer. One talent that Tom Crawford has is giving his readings the impression of authenticity.

boring account & boring reader

(3 stars)

Jaded_GRL

while the overall story of the hms bounty and crew is fascinating, this book is boring. the reader doesn't help any, he reads in a slow monotonous way that just makes this work of literature even worse. the writer has obviously recorded this just as his log is kept "date, location, weather, this thing happened" with a lack of real story or description - I mean, I didn't even realize they abandoned the attempt to go around south America until he kept saying "cape of good hope" and I was like - wait?! they went to africa? what happened in the atlantic? it's just to boring to follow. which is sad, because these men survived unimaginable things!

the facts behind "men against the sea."

(1 star)

Tennis Terry

reader speaks in a full monotone. it's a good book to fall asleep to he also has the unfortunate habit pronouncing every native word so awkwardly that they almost beat the listener into submission Extremely grating to one's ears! 🤐😣😠

interesting

(4 stars)

Mark

A journalistic approach to the mutiny by Bligh gives insight into the his side of the story. Interesting and ironic that he appreciated the kindness and humanity shown to him when rescued. The reader was ok by me.

(2 stars)

antony lubbe

This reader can be pleasant to listen to. I have enjoyed listening to him on other recordings. Unfortunately the equivalent he used this time wasn't so good. I didn't get past the 3rd chapter because of this.

Annoying Clicking Sounds

(2 stars)

Steve Colby

I hate giving bad reviews but there was something wrong with the reader's microphone. I kept hearing this clicking sound and gave up after the first chapter.

Excellent Narrative

(5 stars)

Jason

I thoroughly enjoyed this narrative as it was both informative and intriguing. The narrator that read the book did an excellent job.

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