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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
[2002]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0393041638 9780393041637 |