A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the…
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28955.html.images | 213 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28955.epub3.images | 160 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28955.epub.images | 160 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28955.epub.noimages | 136 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28955.kf8.images | 390 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28955.kindle.images | 364 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28955.txt.utf-8 | 185 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/28955/pg28955-h.zip | 157 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
About this eBook
| Author | Lay, William |
|---|---|
| Author | Hussey, Cyrus M. |
| LoC No. | 01001969 |
| Title |
A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824 And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants |
| Credits |
Produced by Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Summary | "A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean" by William Lay and Cyrus M. Hussey is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book chronicles a horrific mutiny aboard the whaling ship Globe, detailing the brutal massacre of the ship's officers and the subsequent struggle for survival of the mutineers, specifically focusing on Lay and Hussey as the only survivors. The narrative not only provides a chilling report of the mutiny but also explores their two-year residence on the Mulgrave Islands, offering insights into the customs and behaviors of the island's inhabitants. At the start of the book, the authors introduce the ship and the crew as they embark on a whaling voyage in December 1822. They recount the challenges faced during the journey, including treacherous weather and encounters with whales, leading to the escalation of tensions among the crew. The opening details the dissatisfied crew members' plotting against their officers, culminating in a savage mutiny driven by a ringleader, Samuel B. Comstock. As the narrative unfolds, readers are immersed in the grim events of the mutiny, the chaos that ensues, and the subsequent actions taken by Lay and Hussey, hinting at the unfolding horror that shapes their survival amid despair and violence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas) |
| Subject | Globe Mutiny, 1824 |
| Subject | Mili Atoll (Marshall Islands) |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 28955 |
| Release Date | May 24, 2009 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 43 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
