When the HMS Bounty set sail in 1787, Captain William Bligh had only his instincts to safely complete a journey from England to the South Pacific island of Tahiti ... on a map well to the east ...

But Bligh anticipated a peaceful journey to Tahiti, which had been visited by Captain James Cook in 1769 and was viewed by British mariners as a breadfruit-laden paradise. By day, the crew ...

Some blamed his harsh discipline; others pointed to the crew’s prolonged stay in Tahiti and their desire ... Whatever you may think of Captain Bligh, his tale is a reminder of the thin line ...

Captain Bligh ... and a pocket watch, Bligh steered it some 4,000 miles to Timor, then returned to England and reported the mutiny. 3. The mutineers sailed back to Tahiti where some settled.

In 1787, Bligh was appointed as Captain of HMS Bounty, with Christian selected as master's mate, for a voyage to transport breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies. Bligh allegedly bullied his ...

Then-Lieutenant William Bligh was the captain of the HMS Bounty when the ... “But on his second voyage, the time spent in Tahiti was shorter, and there weren’t any notes about the names ...

Disciplinarian and all-round whip-cracker Captain William Bligh (Trevor Howard) incurs the wrath of his crew as they head towards Tahiti on a bread fruit run. On their return, the salty sea dogs ...

The crew of the HMS Bounty mutinied against Captain William Bligh and set him adrift in the middle of the Pacific in a 21-foot open boat. It was the start of one of history's great survival stories.