The man who stole the Cyprus
Subtitle: a true story of escape
By: Warwick Hirst.
Publisher: Rosenberg
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dural Delivery Centre, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781877058615
Subjects: Swallow, William -- Travel; Pobjoy, John; Cyprus (Brig); Escapes -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History; Convicts -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History; Adventure and adventurers -- Pacific Area; Voyages and travels; Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1851
Description: "A convict in Tasmania captures the government brig Cyprus and escapes to sail across the Pacific to Tahiti, Tonga, Japan and China."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p. 211-215) and index.