Bligh relics acquired by National Maritime Museum, but it is not all plain sailing and there were other…
Pick of the Bligh relics sold at Christies King Street last month was the cup that he used to hold his meagre rations of bread and water, a coconut shell that bears his incised initials, the date April 1789 and, inscribed in ink around the rim, the words “The Cup I eat my miserable allowance of”.
When first cast adrift, Bligh and his companions had with them 150lbs of bread, 16 pieces of pork, s…