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  1. William Bligh

    Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS (9 September 1754 - 7 December 1817) was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command.The reasons behind the mutiny continue to be debated. After being set adrift in Bounty ' s launch by the mutineers, Bligh and those loyal to him ...

  2. The Mutiny on the Bounty: Maps

    Welcome to Famous Trials, the Web's largest and most visited collection of original essays, trial transcripts and exhibits, maps, images, and other materials relating to the greatest trials in world history. "Famous Trials" first appeared on the Web in 1995, making this site older than about 99.97% of all websites. In 2016, the site seemed to be showing its age.

  3. The Mutiny on the Bounty: THE LOG AND LETTERS OF WILLIAM BLIGH

    1769 Map of Tahiti (Illustration to Report on the Voyage of Captain Cook) Map Showing ... Map showing the Bligh's voyage back to England. Map Showing the Voyage of the Pandora: 1. Map showing the voyage of the Pandora. Maps of Pitcairn Island, Place of Refuge for Fletcher Christian

  4. Mutiny on the Bounty

    Fletcher Christian and the mutineers set Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 others adrift, depicted in a 1790 aquatint by Robert Dodd. The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen ...

  5. The Mutinous Voyage of William Bligh and the Bounty's Launch

    The 1935 film was the first to depict Captain Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's launch. Wikimedia 1. ... The rest of the food was dispensed as Bligh saw fit during the journey, in the best interests of the crew. After receiving their solemn promise, sworn to by each, Bligh turned the launch toward Timor, through a largely unknown sea. ...

  6. Mutiny on the Bounty

    Historical Map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific (28 April 1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty: Even as the British were establishing the Colony of New South Wales, Western nations were beginning their first serious commercial ventures into the South Pacific. While on an expedition to transplant breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies, British Captain William Bligh was overthrown in ...

  7. Maps

    Voyages (Google Maps) Track of Bounty under William Bligh. Compiled from Voyage to the South Sea, by William Bligh. Track of Launch from Mutiny to Coupang, Timor. Compiled from Voyage to the South Sea, by William Bligh. Track of Resource from Coupang to Batavia, Java. Track of Bounty under Fletcher Christian. Track of Pandora, Captain Edwards.

  8. The real story behind the infamous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty

    On April 28, 1789, the men aboard the H.M.S. Bounty, a British naval vessel commanded by Captain William Bligh, mounted a legendary mutiny. Having spent several idyllic months on the island of ...

  9. Mutiny on the Bounty: the incredible tale of how castaway captain

    Facts about the Mutiny on the Bounty. When: 28 April 1789. Where: At sea 30 nautical miles from Tonga. What happened: William Bligh is relieved of command of the Bounty in a bloodless coup and set adrift with 18 men who remained loyal to him. What was the Bounty's mission: Though armed, the Bounty was a merchant vessel; Bligh was sailing her to ...

  10. William Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty

    Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) faces mutineer Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) in the 1962 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Mutiny On The Bounty ... But Bligh was a skilled navigator and after an eventual journey of 3,618 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,160 miles) he landed his men at Timor in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. From there they made ...

  11. Mutiny on the HMS Bounty

    Three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master's mate.Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters ...

  12. Biography of William Bligh, Captain of the HMS Bounty

    Known For: Captain of the HMS Bounty during the 1789 mutiny. Born: September 9, 1754 in Plymouth (or perhaps Cornwall), England. Parents: Francis and Jane Pearce Bligh. Died: London on December 7, 1817 in London. Education: Shipped as "captain's servant" at the age of 7. Published Works: The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty.

  13. Bligh, Breadfruit and Betrayal: The True Story behind the Mutiny on the

    Bligh was witness to Cook's murder by Hawaiian natives in 1779; a harrowing experience that some suggest played a part in characterising Bligh's manner of leadership. Bligh in command. By 1786 Bligh was commanding his own ships as a merchant captain. In August 1787 he took command of the Bounty. Fletcher Christian was the first person he ...

  14. Captain Bligh: Myth, Man and Mutiny

    Bringing this journey to life. The exhibition brings this gruelling journey to life through a faithful reproduction of the Bounty launch and with original relics from the voyage - Bligh's coconut bowl, bullet-weight (used for measuring the meagre rations), horn beaker and the magnifying glass he used to light cooking fires once they reached the Great Barrier Reef, all on loan from The ...

  15. Bounty mutiny survivors reach Timor

    English Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the HMS Bounty seven weeks before, reach Timor in the East Indies after traveling nearly 4,000 miles in a small, open boat. On April ...

  16. A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty : Bligh

    Captain William Bligh (1754-1817), H.M.S Bounty, Sea voyages Publisher Printed for George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, London Collection opensource Contributor Moulin Digital Editions Language English

  17. The Mutiny on HMS Bounty

    The Mutiny on HMS Bounty - 28 April 1789. On 28 April 1789, Fletcher Christian and his mutineers seized control of Captain William Bligh's ship, HMS Bounty. We found this fascinating account of the mutiny in 'The Oxford Journal' of 20 March 1790, and thought we'd post this historic newspaper report on the blog. Oxford Journal ...

  18. age of sail

    The book The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S Bounty by Sir John Barrow includes a chapter on the remarkable voyage of Bligh and his 18 companions in their 23-foot boat, drawn from Bligh's description of the voyage. Unfortunately, Barrow concentrates on the hardships of the men and includes few details on how navigation was accomplished.

  19. Mutiny

    It would go down in history as the Mutiny on the Bounty. Captain Bligh and a handful of loyal men were forced into a tiny open boat and left to die. Instead they managed to navigate 4000 mies to safety, through some of the world's most remote and unforgiving seas. It remains one of the greatest survival feats in British history.

  20. Captain Bligh's Grave

    Bligh died in London in December, 1817, and was buried at what was then St. Mary's Church, his family's local parish church. It is now the Garden Museum, and Bligh's tomb is surrounded by ...

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  22. Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by ...

    Moscow occupied Estonia on June 17, 1940 and Kaleva's doomed journey was the last flight out of Tallinn, though Soviets had already started enforcing a tight transport embargo around the ...

  23. Trans-Siberian Railway Prices Calculation

    However, they cover everything and it is quite a long journey taking four weeks. Many people forget to consider that when looking at the list. We should also deduct the running costs for food and leisure at home. I think most visitors to this page will classify themselves somewhere between the two categories, that is around the € 2,000 ...

  24. Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow

    Moscow occupied Estonia on June 17, 1940 and Kaleva's doomed journey was the last flight out of Tallinn, though Soviets had already started enforcing a tight transport embargo around the ...