William Bligh
Vice-Admiral William Bligh was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons behind the mutiny continue to be debated. After being set adrift in Bounty's launch by the mutineers, Bligh and those loyal to him stopped for supplies on Tofua, losing a man to natives. Bligh and his men reached Timor alive, after a journey of 3,618 nautical miles.
A narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majesty's ship Bounty : $b and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat
Betrayed by his own crew, a captain battles the vast ocean after a shocking ship takeover.
By William Bligh
A voyage to the South Sea : $b Undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's ship the Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh; including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies
Embark on an epic 18th-century voyage where duty and ambition collide, only to be capsized by betrayal, leaving a captain and his loyal men adrift in a desperate fight for survival after a shocking mutiny.
By William Bligh