The mutiny on the Bounty is an interesting chapter in the history of the south Pacific.
The 'HMS Bounty' was commanded by Captain William Bligh. It departed from England in late 1787, sailing with a crew of 45 men from, heading for Tahiti for the purpose of collecting breadfruit plants to be transplanted in the West Indies as cheap food for the slaves.
During the Bounty's return trip to England, in April 1789, crewman Fletcher Christian and some other crew members mutinied, taking over the ship. It is not known to this day why they mutinied. They forced Captain Bligh and 18 crew into a 23-foot launch and set them adrift. It is to Captain Bligh's credit that he successfully sailed about 6000km back to England, arriving there almost a year later, in March 1790.
The mutineers took the Bounty back to Tahiti, where they picked up 6 Polynesian men and 12 women. They then sailed on to Pitcairn Island, arriving there in January 1790. After burning the ship they established a colony on Pitcairn Island.
Interestingly, by the time an American ship pulled in to Pitcairn in 1808, every one of the original crew and Polynesians, except for one individual named John Adama, had died from disease, suicide or murder. Adams went on to become a respected leader on the island. Captain Bligh himself had to endure a trial in England, at which he was acquitted, and he became the Governor of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808.
The mutiny on the Bounty is an interesting chapter in the history of the south Pacific.
The 'HMS Bounty' was commanded by Captain William Bligh. It departed from England in late 1787, sailing with a crew of 45 men from, heading for Tahiti for the purpose of collecting breadfruit plants to be transplanted in the West Indies as cheap food for the slaves.
During the Bounty's return trip to England, in April 1789, crewman Fletcher Christian and some other crew members mutinied, taking over the ship. It is not known to this day why they mutinied. They forced Captain Bligh and 18 crew into a 23-foot launch and set them adrift. It is to Captain Bligh's credit that he successfully sailed about 6000km back to England, arriving there almost a year later, in March 1790.
The mutineers took the Bounty back to Tahiti, where they picked up 6 Polynesian men and 12 women. They then sailed on to Pitcairn Island, arriving there in January 1790. After burning the ship they established a colony on Pitcairn Island.
Interestingly, by the time an American ship pulled in to Pitcairn in 1808, every one of the original crew and Polynesians, except for one individual named John Adama, had died from disease, suicide or murder. Adams went on to become a respected leader on the island. Captain Bligh himself had to endure a trial in England, at which he was acquitted, and he became the Governor of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808.
The Production Budget for Mutiny on The Bounty was $19,000,000.
The Mutiny of the Bounty was created on 1916-09-02.
Mutiny on The Bounty was released on 11/08/1962.
The Production Budget for Mutiny on The Bounty was $19,000,000.
THE BOUNTY!!!!
"Mutiny on the Bounty" was written by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall and first published in 1932. The novel is based on the true story of the mutiny on the HMS Bounty that occurred in 1789.
William Bligh was the captain of the Bounty, which was the scene of a mutiny in 1789.
It was called the "Bounty".
The island in "Mutiny on the Bounty" is called Tahiti.
Lord Byron did not write a poem based on the Mutiny on the Bounty. However, William Wordsworth wrote a poem called "The Mutiny on the Bounty" in 1805. It tells the story of the mutiny from the perspective of a survivor.
According to allmovie.com, there are approximately 28 feature films with "Mutiny" in the title. The best known of these are Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, 1962, and The Bounty, same characters and plot, 1984) and The Caine Mutiny (1954).
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