The Bounty
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The Bounty

The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (text only)

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The Bounty

The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (text only)

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The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty – the most famous sea story of all time.

More than two centuries have passed since Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lt. Bligh on a small armed transport vessel called Bounty. Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend. Caroline Alexander focusses on the court martial of the ten mutineers captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in Portsmouth. Each figure emerges as a richly drawn character caught up in a drama that may well end on the gallows. With enormous scholarship and exquisitely drawn characters, The Bounty is a tour de force.

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Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780006532460
eBook ISBN
9780007404544

Index

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Adams, John (Alexander Smith), 70, 108, 220, 282, 348, 351, 352, 356, 357–59, 365, 368, 370, 377, 403, 404
Beechey’s interview with, 360–64
Belcher’s interview with, 397
death of, 372
flogging of, 108
Folger’s talk with, 348–50
mutiny recalled by, 361–64, 372
Adams, Jonathan, 358–59, 360
Admiralty, 1, 2, 7, 27, 35, 45, 59, 70, 71, 72, 82, 91, 107, 152, 163, 171, 177, 202, 203, 208, 209, 214, 243, 288, 303, 306, 340, 368, 377, 387, 398, 400, 404
Bligh out of favour with, 317–19
Bligh’s wages disputed by, 317–18
Bounty commissioned by, 42–43
breadfruit missions and, 42–43, 49, 72, 311
Edwards’s official report to, 8, 13, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30–31
Hector visited by, 194–95
news of Pitcairn’s mutineers and, 350–51, 405–6
Nore mutiny and, 380–81
Adventure Bay, Tasmania, 95–98, 100, 173, 306–7
‘Adventures of Christian the Mutineer’ (Coleridge), 344
Aitken, George, 75, 76, 77
Aitutaki (Whytootackee), 13, 16, 126–27, 167, 308
Alarm, 68
Alcide, 213
Alfred, 197, 198–99
American War of Independence, 47, 190
Anamooka (Nomuka), 19, 22, 127–34, 144
Anson, Lord, 41
antislavery movement, 326–27
Antrobus, Reverend, 325
Ari’i Rahi (Tahitian), 106
Armstrong, George, 54
Articles of War, British, 97, 100, 119, 120, 121, 214, 380
Article XIX of, 11, 208
Ascension Island, 33
Ashurst, William, 219, 286
Assistant, 178, 304, 305–7, 310, 312, 313
Atafu (Duke of York Island), 17, 18
Atholl, Duke of, 64–65, 183, 194, 391
Atkinson, John, 325, 326
Austen, Jane, 176, 215
Australia (New Holland), 16, 22, 26–27, 38, 149, 151, 152, 311, 390 See also New Holland
Avarau (Palmerston Island), 17

Balfour, Colonel, 93
Bali, Strait of, 29
Banks, Joseph, 43, 66, 68, 69, 74, 91, 92, 108, 116, 124, 160, 175, 176, 213, 249, 312, 321, 322, 327, 399–400
background of, 37–39
Bligh’s correspondence with, 2–4, 70–71, 73, 83, 86, 163, 174, 178, 304, 316, 318, 334, 337, 383, 403
Bligh’s promotion and, 174
breadfruit venture and, 33, 37, 41–42, 48, 49–50
in Cook’s first expedition, 38–39
correspondence and research of, 39–41
death of, 393
Morrison’s ‘Journal’ and, 335–36
news of Bounty mutiny and, 165–66
as patron of Bligh, 174, 177, 341, 382, 393
second breadfruit mission and, 178
Tahiti visited by, 38–39
warrant officers and, 51, 53–56
Barbary States, 199
Barney, Stephen, 212, 250–51, 260, 272–73, 292, 323, 346
Barrington, Samuel, 171
Barrow, John, 400–403, 404
Bastille, 209
Batavia, Java, 28–30, 157, 186, 306, 331
Bayne, Lieutenant, 191
Bazely, John, 198–99, 218
Beardsworth, John, 204, 211
Beaufort, Francis, 394, 398
Bedford, 192, 197, 293, 294
Bedford, Grosvenor Charles, 405
Beechey, Frederick, 365, 368, 371, 395, 400
Adams’s interview with, 360–64, 371
Belcher, Diana, 394, 396, 399–401
Belcher, Edward, 361, 364–65, 371, 400, 401
Adams interviewed by, 397
Peter Heywood and, 395–98
Bell, Edward, 36
Bellerophon, 302, 377
Bertie, Albemarle, 191, 214–15, 285, 293, 297
Bertie, Emma Heywood, 191, 204, 215, 218, 285, 293, 391
Betham, Elizabeth, see Bligh, Elizabeth Betham
Betham, Richard, 47, 65, 72, 167, 168, 189
Bethia, 42–43
Bethlehem ‘Bedlam’ Hospital, 316
‘Biography of Peter Heywood, Esq.,’ 400
Birket (servant), 193
Blackstone’s Commentaries, 320
Blenheim, 378, 399
Bligh, Elizabeth Betham. 3–4, 47, 66, 71, 191, 337, 383, 386, 409
Bligh’s correspondence with, 154–56, 305–6, 311–12, 316
death of. 379
marriage of, 47
Bligh, Francis, 43
Bligh, Jane Pearce, 43
Bligh, Richard Rodney. 43
Bligh, William, 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 52, 68, 266, 267–68, 375, 388–89
Admiralty’s coolness to, 317–19
appointed Bounty commander, 43, 48
background of, 43
Banks as patron of, 177
Banks’s correspondence with, 2–4, 70–71, 73, 83, 86, 163, 174, 178, 304, 316, 318, 334, 337, 383, 403
Bounty logs of, 78–84, 89–91, 92, 94, 96, 97–98, 99, 100, 102–3, 104, 105, 112, 116, 122, 124–25, 143–50, 152, 153, 156, 160
Campbell’s correspondence with, 2, 3–4, 73, 83, 85–86, 93–94, 163, 170
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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Ship’s Company
  6. Author’s Note
  7. PRELUDE
  8. PANDORA
  9. BOUNTY
  10. VOYAGE OUT
  11. TAHITI
  12. MUTINY
  13. RETURN
  14. PORTSMOUTH
  15. COURT-MARTIAL
  16. DEFENCE
  17. SENTENCE
  18. JUDGEMENT
  19. LATITUDE 25° S, LONGITUDE 130° W
  20. HOME IS THE SAILOR
  21. A Note on Sources
  22. Select Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. Acknowledgements
  25. About the Author
  26. Praise
  27. Also by Caroline Alexander
  28. Copyright
  29. About the Publisher

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