William Bligh lost his ship Bounty at the hands of ... of cultivating those necessities of life fondly associated with Home, such as the potato and the almighty cabbage, which, in this land ...

William Bligh may well be the most maligned man in history. His name has become a byword for cruelty; a tyrant who drove the crew of his ship, HMS Bounty, to such despair that they were forced ...