Bligh's Providence Logbook
Captain William Bligh's Logbook of the Providence
Transcribed from images of the original, held at the National Archives, Kew, England.
Significant Waypoints
- Aug 3, 1791, Sailed from England
- Aug 28, 1791, Anchored Santa Cruz, Tenerife
- Sep 2, 1791, Sailed from Tenerife
- Nov 7, 1791, Arrive Cape of Good Hope
- Dec 23, 1791, Depart Cape of Good Hope
- Feb 9, 1792, Anchor Adventure Bay, Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
- Feb 22, 1792, Set sail from Adventure Bay
- Apr 9, 1792, Anchor in Matavai Bay, Tahiti
- Jul 19, 1792, Set sail from Tahiti
- Sep 1, 1792, First shoals of Endeavour Straits sighted
- Sep 19, 1792, Cleared the straits
- Oct 2, 1792, Moored at Coupang, Timor
- Oct 10, 1792, Depart Coupang
- Dec 17, 1792, Arrived St. Helena
- Jan 24, 1793, Moored at St. Vincents
- Feb 5, 1793, Arrived Port Royal, Jamaica
- Feb 16, 1793, Moored in Port Morant, Jamaica
- Mar 5, 1793, Return to Port Royal
- Jun 15, 1793, Sailed from Jamaica
- Jun 18, 1793, Rejoin Assistant
1791
- Introduction
- July 17-Aug 2
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- December Nov 30-12,
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