MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY
1789

The HMS Bounty was an English transport / discovery ship. The ship left Spithead on December 23, 1787, direction South Seas.

The Bounty anchored at the shores of Tahiti on October 26, 1788, and remained there for more than five months. Their mission was to collect breadfruit plants and to take them to the West Indies, where they would be planted to provide cheap food for the slaves.

The crew had a blast ashore.

On April 4, 1789, the Bounty set sail for the West Indies.

On April 28, 1789, discrepancies between Captain William Bligh and his crew, led by first mate Fletcher Christian, erupted. Mutiny time.

Bligh and 18 crew members were put in one of the lifeboats and set adrift. Amazingly, these guys managed to survive a 7 week and 3,600 mile trip to Timor, where they arrived on June 14, 1789. From Timor, they took a ship back to England.

At home, Bligh reported dutifully and the Crown sent after the mutineers. Three were executed. The others couldn't be found because they hid on Pitcairn Island. You are welcome to visit the mutineers' descendants on Pitcairn Island today.