This question mixes up two different events in Australian seafaring history.
Matthew Flinders sailed with Captain William Bligh on the Providence prior to coming to Australia.
Captain William Blight was captain of the Bounty when the crew mutinied. Flinders had nothing to do with this event.
William Bligh was the captain of the Bounty, which was the scene of a mutiny in 1789.
No, he did not! Captain Bleigh sailed the bounty. I (the real Captain Blye) sailed the sportfishing vessel Captain Blye out of Cape May, NJ and Stuart, Fl. So, there you have it!
William Bligh
Biography - 1987 Captain Bligh Mutiny on the Bounty was released on: USA: 6 May 1996
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The Bounty was returning to England after collecting breadfruit plants from Tahiti when, on the morning of 28 April 1789, Fletcher Christian and part of the crew mutinied, taking over the ship, and setting Captain Bligh and 18 crew members adrift in the ship's 23-foot launch.
I don't think so.
R. M. Bowker has written: 'Mutiny!! aboard H.M. armed transport 'Bounty' in 1789' -- subject(s): Bounty (Ship)
William Bligh was the captain of the English ship 'Bounty', and while sailing to Tahiti to bring back breadfruit trees, the most famous mutiny in history took place.
No, he did not.The Bounty was commanded by Captain William Bligh, and was famous for being the scene of a mutiny in 1789.
Fletcher Christian was the mutineer and leader of the rebellion against Captain William Bligh in the book "Mutiny on the Bounty." Bligh was not portrayed as a bully in the book, but rather as a harsh and tyrannical captain.
Captain Bligh's ship, on which the famous mutiny led by Fletcher Christian was held, was named the 'Bounty'.