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Chasing the Bounty : The Voyages of the Pandora and Matavy /edited by Donald A. Maxton. "Popular films about the Bounty mutiny only scratch the surface of its multilayered history. This rebellion on a British vessel in 1789 spawned a sequence of engrossing, sometimes tragic, events during the voyages of H.M.S. Pandora-dispatched to track down the mutineers and return them to England for court-martial-and Matavy, a schooner built by the mutineers in Tahiti. This is the first book to include eyewitness accounts from five men who endured these voyages. Presented in overlapping, chronological order, their unique points of view offer an engaging reading experience. It features the first book publication of a narrative by a member of Matavy's crew, who vividly describes a desperate struggle to survive with meager provisions among islands filled with hostile natives. A long, previously unpublished poem by an anonymous sailor on Pandora recounts the ship's sinking, the survivors' tortuous journey to the Dutch East Indies, and their return to England. The captain's official reports have been corrected from an older, inaccurate version, and his complete, unedited statement on the loss of Pandora appears for the first time in book form. The appendices summarize the Bounty and Pandora court-martials and the later history of each narrator."-Provided by publisher"-- 2020 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 996.18

A Pitcairn due secoli dopo : gli eredi del Bounty Cannestrini, Duccio 1989 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789"

The truth about the mutiny on HMAV Bounty : and the fate of Fletcher Christian /Glynn Christian. "The Truth About the Mutiny on HMAV BOUNTY - and the Fate of Fletcher Christian brings this famed South Pacific saga into the 21st century. By combining unprecedented research into Fletcher Christian and his fate with deep knowledge of Bounty's Polynesian women, Glynn Christian presents a fresh and comprehensive telling of a powerful maritime adventure that still captivates after 230 years. Of over 3000 books and major articles on the mutiny, or the five feature films starring such as Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson, none has told the true story as until 1982, no author knew the real Fletcher Christian, or could understand his relationship with William Bligh, his mentor-turned-nemesis. Glynn Christian's extraordinary research into Bligh, Christian and Bounty included every deposit of documents worldwide and a sailing expedition to Pitcairn Island. This book details the cramped dark conditions on the ship and how Bligh bravely commanded it at Cape Horn, saving it and the crew. Yet he was unable to keep discipline because he didn't punish enough, instead relying on his brutal tongue. Forced to remain in Tahiti for 23 weeks, Bligh struggled to retain order when Bounty sailed. Glynn Christian reveals how this affected Fletcher Christian mentally, explaining his out-of-character mutiny. Then Christian showed revolutionary social conscience, using democracy and uniforms on Bounty to maintain leadership, including through the little-known settlement of Fort George on Tubuai. After this, he and Bounty disappeeared for 18 years. Bounty's story becomes that of Pitcairn Island, of revolutionary black women who protected their children with the blood of their fathers and continued Fletcher's ideals to become the first women in the world permanently to have the vote and guarantee education for girls. But where was Fletcher Christian?"--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 996.18

William Bligh and the Bounty mutineers : the property of Angela and Stephen Walters Bonham, W & F C & Sons 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789"

Mutiny in the Bounty! : and story of the Pitcairn Islanders /by Alfred McFarland. McFarland, Alfred [ca.1884] • BOOK • 2 copies available. 996.2"1790/1882"

The saga of the Bounty : its strange history as related by the participants themselves 1935 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Bounty

Captain Bligh's portable nightmare : from the Bounty to safety 4162 miles across the pacific in a rowing This book aims to recount the details missing from the most common accounts of the mutiny on the Bounty and the fate of Captain Bligh. It focuses on the figure of the captain himself, beginning with his role as Master and Chief Navigator of the Resolution on Captain Cook's third and final voyage and his reaction to the death of Cook. There is a short account of events on the Bounty leading to the mutiny, but the majority of the book focuses on the voyage undertaken by Bligh and eighteen of his men in a longboat, from the site of the mutiny near Tofua in the Friendly Islands (Tonga) to their arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia, from where they journeyed back to England. The book includes maps of the routes taken by Cook in his final voyage, the Bounty and Bligh's longboat, as well as a list of the mutineers, as reported by Bligh. There is also a copy of the map made by Bligh of Cape York, northern Australia. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bligh, William

Mutiny on the Bounty : an exhibition commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of the mutiny Clement, Russell T 1989 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 016:355.133"1789"

Te-ahu-te-atua-o-no'a of the "Bounty" : Buch der Inhaltsverzeichnisse = list of tables of contents Thiessen, F-P [202-?] • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

The bounty ships of France : the story of the French Cape Horn sailing ships Villiers, Alan 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.13(44)

Paradise in chains : the Bounty Mutiny and the founding of Australia /Diana Preston. "Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony. The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3,618 miles has become the stuff of legend. But few realize that Bligh's escape across the seas was not the only open-boat journey in that era of British exploration and colonization. Indeed, 9 convicts from the Australian penal colony, led by Mary Bryant, also traveled 3,250 miles across the open ocean and some uncharted seas to land at the same port Bligh had reached only months before. In this meticulously researched dual narrative of survival, acclaimed historian Diana Preston provides the background and context to explain the thrilling open-boat voyages each party survived and the Pacific Island nations each encountered on their journey to safety. Through this deep-dive, readers come to understand the Pacific Islands as they were and as they were perceived, and how these seemingly utopian lands became a place where mutineers, convicts, and eventually the natives themselves, were chained"--Provided by publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789"

Hill - the man who would be king among the Bounty mutineers /Tillman W. Nechtman. This book provides a detailed account of the life of Joshua W Hill, an American adventurer who served as the self-appointed leader of Pitcairn Island, populated by the descendants of mutineers on the Bounty, under controversial circumstances between 1832 and 1838. The author uses this incident as background to explore the broader history of British imperialism and colonialism, both on Pitcairn and in the Pacific region more generally. Includes black and white illustrations throughout. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HILL, JOSHUA

: William Bligh's letters describing the mutiny on HMS Bounty Bligh, William 1989 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789"

Mutiny on the Bounty 1789-1989 1989 • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 061.43(083.83)

Buchan's Domestic medicine and Thomas Huggan, drunken surgeon of the Bounty / Pieter van der Merwe "The sixth-edition copy (1779) of William Buchan's Domestic Medicine that belonged to Thomas Huggan, surgeon of the Bounty (d.1788 at Tahiti), has been in the National Maritime Museum since 1963. This research note comments on the implications of annotations in it, briefly considers its owner in the context of the status of naval surgeons at the time, and provides hitherto unpublished information on his prior career history and connections."--Provided by the publisher. 2021 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

Histoire de la mutinerie de la Bounty et des evenements qui en decoulerent Cau, Jean 1984 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789"

The mutineers of the Bounty and their descendants in Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands Belcher, Lady [ca1855] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789":929

The story of the good ship Bounty and her mutineers and mutinies in Highland regiments 1880 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Bounty

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