Mutiny on the Globe : the fatal voyage of Samuel Comstock /

The story of Samuel Comstock who organized a mutiny on the whaling ship Globe out of Nantucket in 1824. Comstock had dreamed of establishing an island kingdom in the Marshall Islands, but he was murdered in turn by his fellow mutineers just days after landing on Mili Atoll.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Heffernan, Thomas Farel, 1933- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton, [2002]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Globe (Whaling ship) Comstock, Samuel, > 1802-1824. Comstock, Samuel, > 1802-1824 Globe Mutiny, 1824. Shipwreck survival. Survie après naufrages. 1824