Sunday, August 14, 2011

Seafaring Sunday: Before the Legend

August 14, 1787: Lieutenant William Bligh of the Royal Navy is appointed commander of HMS Bounty.

On a completely different note, voting for 49 Writing Center's Ode to a Dead Salmon Contest closes tomorrow at 7:00 PM.  Click over and vote for my entry, The Horror: A Tale of Dismemberment, won't you please?

Header: Admiral Willaim Bligh by Alexander Huey c 1814
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4 comments:

  1. Timmy!August 14, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    Ahoy, Pauline! He doesn't look very pleasant there either...

    Just saying.

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  2. PaulineAugust 14, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    Unfortunately, for all the apologia that goes on now, he was a very unpleasant man. Period.

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  3. Charles L. WallaceAugust 18, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    Well, "Bligh Me"! ;-)

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  4. PaulineAugust 18, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    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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