Captain Bligh and the Breadfruit The voyage of the Bounty, which ended in the celebrated mutiny, was undertaken for an almost forgotten purpose: to bring a plant from the South Seas to the West Indies ...

Captain William Bligh being cast adrift Bligh decided – no more islands. Instead, he headed for the nearest European settlement, the Dutch East Indies, thousands of miles away. He set the ration ...

Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six pleasant months on Tahiti, Christian ...

Sir Joseph Banks is probably best known for his work on the voyage of the Endeavour with Captain Cook but he was ... the Bounty expedition under William Bligh in 1787-1789, Bligh's later trip ...