Three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the
HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian,
the master’s mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal
supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat, and the
Bounty set course for Tubuai south of Tahiti.
The mutineers seize the Bounty, depicted in an 1841
engraving by Hablot Knight Browne.
Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793)
Lieutenant William Bligh, captain of HMS Bounty.
