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"Bligh sails into Coupang"
Giving no hint
of the perils of his passage the proud Bligh stands erect
as the launch sails into 'civilisation'. This
was the London idealised version and here Bligh
could as well be sailing into a Dutch or English port.
In reality two or three square rigged ships did stand
at anchor in the busy Coupang harbour on that day but
Bligh's men were in such a perilous state they could
hardly lift themselves to see over the gunwales - and
thereby bear any witness to their salvation. (4d) 23" x 15"
individual print
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