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The descendants of the Bounty mutineers include the modern-day Pitcairn Islanders as well as a little less than half of the population of Norfolk Island. Their common ancestors were the nine surviving mutineers from the mutiny on HMS Bounty which occurred in the south Pacific Ocean in 1789. Their descendants also live in New Zealand, Australia ...
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Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was an English sailor who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, during which he seized command of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty from Lieutenant William Bligh. In 1787, Christian was appointed master's mate on Bounty, tasked with transporting breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the ...
Works about HMS Bounty (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Mutiny on the Bounty" ... Descendants of the Bounty mutineers; E.
HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the British West Indies .
The Bounty Museum holds the most important collection of Norfolk Island artifacts in the world.The centrepiece of the museum's collection is the 6 metre-long replica of the HMAV Bounty Launch. Other important objects include cannon balls from the wreck of the HMS Sirius's, objects relating to the islands convict days, as well as objects that ...
Painting of Mayhew Folger. Original in the collection of the Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio. Mayhew Folger (March 9, 1774 – September 1, 1828) was an American whaler who captained the sealing ship Topaz that rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808, whilst one of HMS Bounty's mutineers was still living.
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