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Pitcairn Islands - Wikipedia  The Pitcairn Islands or officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of ... This made Pitcairn difficult to find, as highlighted by the failure of Captain ... of Pitcairn, John Adams was granted amnesty for his part in the mutiny. ... the Tuamotus of French Polynesia, and consist of four islands: Pitcairn Island,...
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HMS Bounty - Wikipedia  HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel ... For a full month, the crew attempted to take the ship around Cape Horn, but ... Bligh is commonly portrayed as the epitome of abusive sailing captains, but this ... After five months in Tahiti, Bounty set sail with her breadfruit cargo on 4 April...
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Captain Bligh's Cursed Breadfruit | Travel | Smithsonian  The biographer of William Blighhe of the infamous mutiny on the ... two aged tropical dragon's blood trees and a Barringtonia asiatica, believed to be 230 years old. ... some went to satellite stations at Calcutta, Sydney, St. Vincent and to Bath. ... to England from Tahiti, where the Bounty had been sent to collect breadfruit...
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1789)  The true story of the the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty is far more complicated than ... which have emphasized the gratuitous cruelty of the ship's captain, William Bligh. ... the sensitive and proud Fletcher Christian, led to, among other things: one of the ... of a botanical curiosity, given the name "breadfruit," on the island of Tahiti.
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Mutiny on the Bounty - Wikipedia  The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific 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 18 loyalists adrift in ... Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than 3,500 nautical miles...
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William Bligh (1754 - 1817) - Find A Grave Memorial  Jan 1, 2001 ... 9, 1754, England. Death: Dec. 7, 1817. London Greater London, England ... As a child Bligh wanted to be an artist, and he remained a keen ... When the Bounty finally left Tahiti in April 1789, it was a time bomb waiting to explode. .... The Admiralty kicked him upstairs, promoting him to Rear Admiral in 1810...
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Mutiny on the Bounty - Wikipedia  The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April ... Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than 3,500 nautical miles ... No action was taken against Adams; descendants of the mutineers and their ... a Polynesian island in the south Pacific, to the British colonies in the West...
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William Bligh - Wikipedia  Vice Admiral of the Blue William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754  7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the historic mutiny which occurred during his command of HMS Bounty in 1789; Bligh and his loyal men made a remarkable voyage to ... A few days later, he was appointed to serve on HMS Belle Poule as master...
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On This Day: Captain Bligh Lands on Timor After the Mutiny on the ...  On June 14, 1789, Bligh and his crew, left for dead by H.M.S. Bounty ... settlement in Timor, after traveling 3,618 miles on an open 23-foot boat. They had been set adrift on the Pacific six weeks earlier by mutineers who took over Bligh's ship. ... Bligh in his sleep, then ordered him off the ship, which then set sail back to Tahiti.
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Mutiny on the Bounty: 1935 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Jul 19, 2014 ... HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Some consider this 1932 novel, the first in a trilogy, a blight on Captain Bligh's character. HISTORY TEST $900...
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Voyage of Bounty - Pacific Union College Library  In the seventeen months that Bligh was in command of the Bounty, he ordered ... knows (although midshipman Heywood tells us that she sometimes went to ten). ... On that beautiful island the main objective of the expedition, the breadfruit, was ..... were collecting the women (including Christian's consort Mauatua) and pigs,...
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William Bligh - Wikipedia  Vice Admiral of the Blue William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754  7 December 1817) was .... After trying unsuccessfully for a month to round Cape Horn, Bounty was finally ... To allow longer uninterrupted sleep, Bligh divided his crew into three ... The mutiny, which took place on 28 April 1789 during the return voyage, was...
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Mutiny on the Bounty - New World Encyclopedia  Dec 17, 2014 ... The Spithead and Nore mutinies that took place several years after the Bounty .... In her ill-fated voyage, The Bounty left Tahiti on April 4, 1789. ... 18 joined Christian in mutiny, two were passive, and 22 remained loyal to Bligh. .... Bligh resumed his naval career and went on to attain the rank of Vice Admiral.
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Free Flashcards about FAMOUS SHIPS - StudyStack  Free flashcards to help memorize facts about FAMOUS SHIPS. ... HIS MATES SEIZED CONTROL OF THIS SHIP IN 1789, THE BOUNTY ... THIS SHIP WAS OFF THE COAST OF TONGA WHEN ITS FAMOUS MUTINY TOOK PLACE IN 1789...
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History | Global Breadfruit  In 1769, Captain James Cook sailed to Tahiti and discovered breadfruit. ... to the Caribbean to be used as a high-energy, nutritious food source for British slaves.
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Mutiny on the Bounty - Wikipedia  The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789. ... After three weeks back at sea, Christian and others forced Bligh from the ship. ..... On 22 April 1789, Bounty arrived at Nomuka, in the Friendly Islands (now called Tonga), intending to pick up wood, water, and further supplies...
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William Bligh - Wikipedia  Vice Admiral of the Blue William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754  7 December 1817) was ... In 1776, Bligh was selected by Captain James Cook for the position of ... master of Resolution and accompanied Cook in July 1776 on Cook's third .... who was sent on the Royal Navy's expedition to the South Pacific to find the...
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Mutiny on the Bounty (novel) - Wikipedia  Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the Bounty in 1789. It has been made into several films and a musical. It was the first of what became The Bounty Trilogy, which continues with Men ... 1 Plot introduction; 2 Characters in Mutiny on the Bounty; 3 Film, TV and...
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William Bligh - Wikipedia  Vice Admiral of the Blue William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754  7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the historic mutiny which occurred during his command of HMS Bounty in 1789; .... The mutiny, which took place on 28 April 1789 during the return voyage, was...
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