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Bligh

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Bligh  (bl), William 1754-1817.
British naval officer who as captain of the H.M.S. Bounty was set adrift by his mutinous crew during a voyage to Tahiti (1789).
Bligh [blaɪ]
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(Biographies / Bligh, William (1754-1817) M, British, MILITARY: admiral, POLITICS: statesman) William. 1754-1817, British admiral; Governor of New South Wales (1806-9), deposed by the New South Wales Corps: as a captain, commander of
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Noun1.Bligh - British admiralBligh - British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
Captain Bligh, William Bligh
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