"Captain Bligh" Quotes from Famous Books
... Some particulars respecting the subsequent history of Omai and the two New Zealanders, are related in the account of Captain Bligh's voyage in 1788. We ought not to anticipate matter which properly belongs to another period and subject. It seems right, however, in the present instance, to set the reader's expectations at rest, though the doing so be somewhat afflictive to his feelings. Omai died a natural ...![](http://www.freetranslator.org/rquot.gif) — A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 • Robert Kerr |