Mutiny on the Bounty
This time-honored classic, written in 1790, is William Bligh's vivid account of a routine voyage to Tahiti that turned into a world-famous mutiny. Cast from his ship by ringleader Fletcher Christian, Bligh and 18 seamen journeyed thousands of miles to the nearest port in a perilous struggle for survival.\ \ Captain William Bligh recounts his experiences in 1789 when his ship "Bounty" was taken over in a mutiny and he and a crew of eighteen men were set adrift in an...
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In this time-honored classic, William Bligh offers his vivid account of a routine voyage to Tahiti that turned into the world's most famous mutiny — and a perilous struggle for survival.
Author's Advertisement1Chapter 1Plan of the ExpeditionOutfit, and Occurrences to the Time of Leaving EnglandDescription of the Bread-FruitChapter 2Departure from EnglandArrival at TeneriffeSail From ThenceArrival off Cape HornSeverity of The WeatherObliged to Bear Away for the Cape of Good HopeChapter 3Passage Towards the Cape of Good Hope, and Search After Tristan Da CunhaArrival at False BayOccurrences ThereReports Concerning the Grosvenor's PeopleDeparture from the CapeChapter 4Passage Towards Van Diemen's LandMake the Island of St. PaulArrival in Adventure BayNatives SeenSail from Van Diemen's LandChapter 5Rocky Islands DiscoveredSee the Island Maitea, And Arrive at OtaheiteShip Crowded by the NativesChapter 6Account of an English Ship Lately Sailed From OtaheiteDeath of OmaiCaptain Cook's Picture Sent on BoardOtoo Visits The ShipHis Visit ReturnedNatives Well Disposed Towards UsAccount of the Cattle Left By Captain CookBread-Fruit Plants PromisedVisit to the Earee RahiePresents Made to the ArreoysChapter 7A Theft CommittedDeception of the Painted HeadConversation With A PriestA Wrestling MatchReports of the Natives Concerning Other IslandsSome Account of OmaiChapter 8Expedition to Tettaha after a HeiferExtraordinary Domestic ArrangementsTinah's Mother Visits the ShipA Sheep Brought from UlieteaHeavy StormDeath of the SurgeonTaowne and Toahroah Harbours ExaminedChapter 9A Walk Into the CountryThe Peeah RoahPrevailed on, By the Kindness of the Chiefs, To Defer Our DepartureBread-Fruit Plants CollectedMove the Ship to Toahroah HarbourFishingThree of the Ship's Company DesertIndiscretion of Our People on ShoreInstances of JealousyMourningBull Brought To Oparre by a ProphetThe Deserters RecoveredTinah Proposes to Visit EnglandChapter 10The Ship's Cable Cut in the NightCoolness With the Chiefs On That AccountVisit to an Old LadyDisturbance at a HeivaTinah's HospitalityA Thief Taken, And PunishedPreparations For SailingChapter 11Arrival of an Arreoy Woman From TethuroaA Present Delivered By Tinah For His MajestyOther Occurrences to the Time of the Ship's Departure From OtaheiteChapter 12At the Island HuaheineA Friend of Omai Visits the ShipLeave the Society IslandsA WaterspoutThe Island Whytootackee DiscoveredAnchor In Annamooka RoadOur Parties on Shore Robbed by the NativesSail from AnnamookaThe Chiefs Detained on BoardPart FriendlyChapter 13A Mutiny in the ShipChapter 14Proceed in the Launch to the Island TofoaDifficulty in Obtaining Supplies ThereTreacherous Attack of the NativesEscape to the Sea, And Bear Away For New HollandChapter 15Passage Towards New HollandIslands Discovered in Our RouteOur Great DistressesSee the Reefs of New Holland, and Find a Passage Through ThemChapter 16Progress to the Northward, Along the Coast of New HollandLand on Different Islands, in Search of SuppliesChapter 17Passage from New Holland to the Island TimorArrive at CoupangReception ThereChapter 18At CoupangChapter 19From Timor to BataviaChapter 20Occurrences at Batavia, and Passage Thence to England
