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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Penulis
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Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
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Penerbit
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Little, Brown &
Company
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Bahasa
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Inggris
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Tahun Cetak
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1956
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Halaman
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373
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ISBN
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Harga
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Rp. 100.000
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Status
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Ada
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On
the fourteenth of June, forty-seven days after the mutiny, they reached the
Dutch settlement at Coupang Bay, on the island of Timor, a distance of more
than twelve hundred leagues from Tofoa. After recuperating for two months among
the kindly inhabitants of Coupang, a small schooner was purchased and fitted
out for the voyage to Batavia, where they arrived on October I, 1789. Here
three more of the party died: Elphinstone, Lenkletter, the remaining
quartermaster, and Thomas Hall, a seaman. Ledward, the acting surgeon, was left
behind at Batavia, and the rest of the party embarked in ships of the Dutch
East India Company for the voyage home. Robert Lamb, the butcher, died on the
passage, leaving but twelve of the nineteen men who had set out from the Bounty's side. (hal. 216)
About
twelve o'clock on the night of September 15, the pinnace came to a grapnel off
the float by the fort in Coupang Bay. It was a calm night with the sky ablaze
with stars. The settlement was asleep. A ship was anchored not far from where
we lay, and two or three smaller craft, but in the darkness we were unable to
see whether any of the other boats of the Pandora had arrived. The night was profoundly still. On the
high rampart of the fort a dog stood, barking mournfully. That was our welcome
to Coupang. Worn out with our long journey, we remained where we were until
daylight, sleeping huddled in our places, and never, I imagine, have men slept
more soundly. (hal. 264)
"Do you remember Coupang, Tinkler?"
"Coupang! That heaven on earth! Let me tell you how we
came in. It was about three in the morning...but wait a minute! How about
filling my glass? As a host, Byam, you leave something to be desired."
And
so it went the night through. (hal. 355)