August 14, 1787: Lieutenant William Bligh of the Royal Navy is appointed commander of HMS Bounty.
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Header: Admiral Willaim Bligh by Alexander Huey c 1814
4 comments:
Ahoy, Pauline! He doesn't look very pleasant there either...
Just saying.
Unfortunately, for all the apologia that goes on now, he was a very unpleasant man. Period.
Well, "Bligh Me"! ;-)
I'm not a big fan of Governor Bligh and in fact I try to ignore the revisionist opinions of him which are currently popular.
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