The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS BountyCambridge University Press, 2011 M12 8 - 416 pages First published in 1831, this account of a notorious event in the history of the navy makes extensive use of letters, papers and the testimony of those involved. Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was Second Secretary to the Admiralty, and so had unrivalled access to official documents. He begins with a chapter detailing the first visit to Tahiti by Captain Cook. The mutiny, Bligh's 4,000-mile voyage in an open boat, the capture and court martial of some of the mutineers and the fate of the remainder who settled on Pitcairn Island are described with clarity and even-handedness. Whilst acknowledging that Bligh was 'a man of coarse habits' with 'mistaken notions with regard to discipline', Barrow is unequivocal that the episode 'ought to operate as a warning ... to our brave seamen, not to be led astray ... either by order or persuasion of some hot-brained, thoughtless, or designing person'. |
Contents
CHAPTER II | 44 |
CHAPTER III | 67 |
CHAPTER IV | 105 |
CHAPTER V | 162 |
CHAPTER VI | 224 |
CHAPTER VII | 268 |
CHAPTER VIII | 308 |
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