1789 · 1792
William Bligh’s voyages, 1789 and 1792
What we know
- After the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, William Bligh and loyal crew sailed an open boat through Fiji and were chased by canoes.
- The stretch of sea they crossed is still called Bligh Water.
- Bligh returned in 1792 in HMS Providence and charted more of the islands.
Pictures in this chapter
Colour portrait of William Bligh , British naval officer. (1792)
Page one of the list of those involved in the Mutiny of the HMS Bounty . (1789)
Depiction of the Mutiny on the Bounty (1841)
Labeled map of the voyages of HMS Bounty in the south Pacific: voyage prior to mutiny is red, voyage of Bounty after mutiny is yellow, voyage of Bligh and others in the longboat is green. (2009)
The rudder of HMS Bounty, displayed at the Fiji Museum in Suva
June 14, Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Bounty, 5 Apr. (1789)
Portrait of Rear Admiral William Bligh by Alexander Huey, en:1814
Transplanting of the breadfruit trees from Otaheite, 1796, Thomas Gosse, coloured mezzotint, State Library of New South Wales, DL Pg 51
The launch of HMS Bounty, the boat in which Captain Bligh and 18 loyal crew were cast adrift after the mutiny (1792)
The Mutineers turning Lieut Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty [ 29 April 1789] HM sloop 'Bounty' was a small West Indiaman of 250 tons, previously calle
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