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Periodicals/Journals
British Critic, December 1794, F and C Rivington, London, 1794
Critical Review, March 1795
The Derby Mercury, 18 March 1790
The Edinburgh Magazine, ‘Narrative of the Adventures of the Mutineers aboard his Majesty’s Ship Bounty’, June 1792
The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 11, 1964
The London Chronicle
Mutiny on the Bounty 1789–1989 [Magazine], Manorial Research PLC, London, 1989
The Quarterly Review, February to May 1810, John Murray, London, 1810
The Scots Magazine, March 1790
Sydney Gazette
Twain, Mark, ‘The Great Revolution In Pitcairn’, The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XLIII, March 1879
United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, London, H. Colburn, 1829, Pt II
Walker’s Hibernian Magazine, Part Two, R. Gibson, Dublin, 1794
Speech
Beaglehole, John, Captain Cook and Captain Bligh, The Dr W.E. Collins Lecture delivered at the University on 3 August 1967, The Victoria University of Wellington, 1967
INDEX
Adams, John see Smith, Alec
Adventure Bay 64–5, 72
albatrosses 48–9, 56–7
Annamooka 153–61, 236–7, 426
Appendix (account of mutiny) 511–14
Bligh’s response to 516–19
Arms Chest 13, 178–9, 185, 254
Arreoys 111–12, 115
Articles of War 24, 45, 46, 75, 135, 315, 457, 485, 556
Assistant 493
Balfour, Colonel James 62
Banks, Sir Joseph 5–7, 90, 111, 223, 233, 400, 481, 544, 553
Bligh, and 9, 12–13, 20, 22, 26–8, 39, 45, 367–8, 413, 413–14, 540
bread-fruit, plan for 6–9
Cook, voyage with xxv–xxviii
death 544
promotion, seeking xli, 9, 12, 20–1
Barkay, Anthony 337
Barney, Stephen 480
Barrington, Admiral Samuel 408–9
Barrow, Sir John 548, 552, 559–60
Batavia 311, 322, 324, 337, 357, 363, 366–70
Bedford, Charles 561
Beechey, Captain Frederick 548–9
Bertie, Captain Albemarle 457
Bethia 8
Bligh, Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ (nee Betham) 9, 14, 25, 61, 88, 222, 235, 322–4, 400–1, 516, 541, 543
Bligh, Elizabeth (daughter) 61, 324
Bligh, Frances 401
Bligh, Harriet 61, 324
Bligh, Jane 401
Bligh, Lieutenant William xvii, 41, 475–6, 489
Appendix, portrayal in 511–14
Appendix, response to 516–19
Banks, and 9, 12–13, 20, 22, 26–8, 39, 45, 367–8, 413, 540
Batavia, in 363, 366–9, 407–10
book 404
Bounty, alterations to 13–14
captain, as 55, 234, 381, 410, 524
character xxxi, xli, 12, 13, 16, 24, 56, 144, 242, 282, 303, 344, 369, 401, 433, 489–91, 539–40, 542
Christian, and 16, 36, 62, 77, 125–7, 152–3, 157, 165–8, 202–3, 222, 402, 556
coconut incident 162–5, 352, 455, 543
commission 223, 354
Cook, voyage with xxix–xxxviii, xli, 9, 64, 103, 153, 154
court martials 407–10, 539–40
death 543
defrauding Admiralty accusation of 308–9, 338, 346–9, 356–7
Dutch sailors, on 372–3, 382
England, journey back to 372–3, 380, 391–3
fame 399–400, 408, 413, 492–3, 512, 516
French Revolutionary War 524, 539–40
Fryer, conflict with 73–6, 143–5, 220, 233, 273–4, 276, 280–2, 290–4, 302–4, 308–9, 311–13, 321, 339–40, 344, 356–7, 370, 408
Governor of New South Wales 540–2
Huggan, and 43–4, 71–3, 76–82
Launch, journey in the 221–2, 230–4, 254–6, 258–65, 277–83, 289–94, 297–301
Log book 212–13, 400
mutiny see mutiny
navigation instruments 210, 213, 223–4, 252, 290
navigational skill xxix, 9, 13, 213, 224, 252, 261, 290–1, 399, 491, 552–3
Nelson, death of 319
Purcell, conflict with 64–8, 121–2, 279–80, 339–40, 344, 347, 357, 408–10
Restoration Island 269–71, 273–6
Rum Rebellion 541
signing of expense books 73–6, 308–9, 455
‘son of Toote’ 91–3, 285–6, 361–2
Sourabaya 337–49
story-teller, as 542–3
Sunday Island 278–82
Tahiti 91–149, 413, 452
Tahitian women 88
temper 13, 26, 42–3, 52, 55, 68, 73, 125–6, 132, 152, 157–60, 164–7, 193, 271, 274, 279–81, 292–3, 341, 351, 433, 455, 481, 489, 543
Timor, arrival in 301–4
Tofoa 230–46
Vice-Admiral of the Blue 542
wages 21
Bligh, Mary 61, 324
Bloody Bay 269, 272, 309–10, 322
Blossom 548–9
Bond, Lieutenant Francis 490–1, 551
Botany Bay 5, 6–7, 247
Bounty 2, 4, 5, 21, 33
cockroaches 138
crew accommodation 9, 13–14, 35
crew, selection of 17–20, 27, 40–1
Cutter see Cutter
deaths 71–3, 76–7, 123
departure from England 23, 27–32
destruction of 386–7, 549
entertainment on board 20, 101–2
Jolly Boat see Jolly Boat
Launch see Launch
Marines 21
masts 14
rations 35, 38, 42–5, 50, 55–6, 166
refit 8–9, 10, 12, 20
route to Tahiti 60
sails, damage to 131–2
storm damage 57, 60
supplies see supplies
thefts from 94, 102–3, 113, 141
bread-fruit xxvii–xxviii, 62, 86, 96, 100, 154, 286, 370, 543
Bligh’s second voyage 413, 452, 490–1
destruction of 226
loading the Bounty 145–6
negotiating for 105–6, 110
pitch, making 403–4
plantations 106, 109–10, 117, 118, 122, 124
West Indies, plan to transport to, 4, 6–9, 63
Britannia 16, 17
Brown, John 364, 388, 390, 395, 417–18, 420–2
Brown, William ‘Billy’ xxi, 27, 69–70, 78–9, 146, 192
death 498
Pitcairn 365, 384, 405, 441, 498
Tahiti 100, 110, 413
Brunswick 485, 487
Bryant, Mary 436
Bryant, William 436
Burkett, Mary 438
Burkett, Thomas xx
court martial 458, 459, 466, 476
execution 485–7
mutiny 179–81, 189–90, 210, 213
Tahiti, remaining on 359, 395–8, 416, 419
Tubuai, injury on 332, 333, 335
Burney, Fanny 400
Burney, Lieutenant James 400
Byrn, Michael xx, 20, 31–2, 204, 226, 329, 350, 355, 358, 453, 551
Appendix 511
court martial 458, 459, 477
Pandora, on 417–18, 430
The Calamities of Captain Bligh 400
Calcutta 524
Campbell, Duncan 9, 30, 39, 45
Cape of Good Hope 7, 25, 58–60, 149, 370, 380, 413
Cape Horn 7, 14, 23–5, 28, 30, 38, 48–50, 60
attempt to round 53–9
Cape Town 60, 61–3
Carteret, Captain Philip 377, 378, 382–3
Chatham 438
cheeses, theft of 30, 42–3, 44, 308
Christian, Charles 2–4, 203
Christian, Edward 2, 402, 488–90, 494, 552, 556, 561
Appendix 511–14, 516–18
Christian
, Fletcher ‘Titriano’ xviii, 2, 14, 16–17, 31, 355, 533
Articles, drawing up 314
Bligh, and 16, 36, 62, 77, 125–7, 152–3, 157, 165–8, 202–3, 222, 402, 556
bread-fruit plantation 109–10, 124
captain, as 229, 327–30, 358, 371–2, 383, 388, 492
cave on Pitcairn 453–4
character 2, 4, 16, 62, 334, 412, 412–13
coconut incident 163–5, 352, 455
conscience and nightmares 234–5, 256, 351, 376, 453–4, 456, 489
death 495–6, 497, 536, 557–8, 559
desert, plans to 168–74
fate, theories surrounding 555–62
first visit to Tahiti 91–2, 95–6, 103–4, 115–16, 124–6, 129–30
Heywood, and 35–6, 58, 110, 126, 169, 216, 250, 306, 329, 351–2, 488–9
Loyalists, treatment of 253–4
marriage 287–8
mental health 556–7
mutiny see mutiny
Pitcairn see Pitcairn Island
promotion 38, 45–6, 152
reputation, rehabilitation of 512–13, 524–5
return to Tahiti 284–8, 295–7, 350–1
search for a home 370–2, 375–8, 382–8
second departure from Tahiti 305–8
setting the crew adrift 200–5, 208, 215, 219–28
Stewart, and 168, 170, 171, 173, 305, 351–2
taking control of Bounty 178–90, 194–5
tattoo 115–16
Tenerife 37
third departure from Tahiti 350–3
Tinnarow, conflict with 324–6, 330, 331–6
Tonga 154–8
Tubuai 265–9, 272, 276–7, 306, 309–10, 314–18, 322, 324–30
women 2, 95, 517
Christian, Isabella xxviii, 95, 109–11, 115, 124, 147, 149, 174, 276, 285, 306–8, 550
death of Christian 497–8, 502
marriage to Christian 287–8, 376
Pitcairn 365, 394, 405, 407, 412, 441, 453–4, 495, 507, 515, 519, 534, 550
Christian, Mary 502
Christian, Thursday October 407, 453, 456, 498, 533–4, 535, 537, 550
death 554
Churchill, Charles xix–xx, 41, 55, 99, 124, 151, 220, 250, 308, 517
Articles, drawing up 314
chief, as 378–9, 389–90, 394–8
coconut incident 162
death 397
desertion 127–30, 134–7, 191
mutiny 177, 179, 181–4, 187, 191–3, 195, 197–8, 204, 212–15, 217, 224–5
Purcell’s tool chest 212, 214–15
Tahiti, remaining on 358, 359, 373
Tahiti, return to 283–4, 306–7
Tubuai, trouble on 310–11, 329–30
Clerke, Captain xxxix, xli
coconuts 88, 101, 118, 143, 147, 148, 154, 232
theft of 162–5, 169, 352, 455, 543
Cole, William xvii, 13, 31, 40, 78, 114, 168–9, 170, 280, 282, 283
court martial of mutineers 462–4, 472
Launch, in 255, 263, 290
mutiny 186–7, 191–2, 194, 201–5, 213, 217, 219, 227
Sourabaya 337, 342–4, 346
Timor 297
Tofoa 233–4, 247
Coleman, Joseph xx, 18, 25, 85, 178–9, 326
Appendix 511, 517
boat-building 381, 403
court martial 453, 459, 477
Loyalist 219, 224–5, 252–4, 329, 355, 358, 414
mutiny 194, 219, 224, 225
Pandora, on 414, 429
Tahiti 286, 295–6, 305, 350, 352, 358, 381
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 559
Const, Mr 454, 461, 470–1
Cook, Captain James 5, 64, 103, 129
death xxxviii, xxxix, 86, 238, 242, 361–2, 364
first voyage (1768–1771) xxxix, 23
Hawaii xxix–xxxviii, 237
portrait 93–4, 119
second voyage (1772–1775) xl Tahiti xxiv–xxviii, 9, 90–1, 98
third voyage (1776–1780) xl, 9, 400
Toote xxiv, xxviii, 86, 90, 98, 285–6, 295–6, 375
Corner, Lieutenant Robert 419–21, 429
Coupang 297–304, 308–9, 311, 321, 330, 436, 482
court martial 539–40
Batavia 407–10, 517
mutineers 451, 454, 457–77
Couvert, Captain Peter 372
Cox, Captain John 361–2, 364, 388, 418
Curtis, Captain Sir Roger 457, 485
Curwen, Isabella 2, 95, 560
Cutter 14, 34, 95, 101, 113–14, 155, 202–4, 265, 269, 558
grapnel, theft of 156–61
racing Tahitian canoes 103–4
theft of 127–8
Darby, Madge 556
Director 524, 539
discipline 78, 81, 113, 120, 137, 152
Launch, aboard 234, 252, 257
mutineers, amongst 371–2
Discovery xxix, xxxi, xxxii–xxxiv
dripstones 37, 49, 59, 161
Dublin 62
Duke 457, 463, 476
Dutch East Indies 149, 247
East India Company 2, 3
Edgar, Thomas xxxiii
Edwards, Captain Edward 410, 413–20, 423–4, 426–7, 436–7
Heywood, on 451–2, 473–4
Morrison, conflict with 434–5
naval career 551
Pandora, wreck of 427–32, 433
search for mutineers 425–7
Timor, journey to 434–5
Eefow 236–7, 241, 242
Ellison, Thomas ‘Monkey’ xx, 39, 151
court martial 458, 459, 463–4, 466, 475, 476
execution 485–7
mutiny 187–8, 200, 210, 323, 453
Pandora, on 420, 422
Tahiti 114, 117, 288, 359, 419
Elphinstone, William xviii, 72, 148, 154–5, 208, 282
Launch, in 255, 278
Sourabaya 337, 338–9
Endeavour xxiv, xxvii, xxviii, 23
Endeavour Strait 149, 164, 165, 172, 248, 261, 436
Faahotu 365, 439
Feejee Islands 252, 254–6, 258
Flinders, Matthew 432–3, 493, 552–3
floggings 40, 45, 46–7, 113–14, 121, 127, 135–7, 142, 153, 518
Folger, Captain Mayhew 530–2, 557
Folly 560, 562
Frazier, Lieutenant John 539–40
Friendly Islands 225, 375, 426
Fryer, Master John xvii, 4, 13, 18, 19, 27, 30, 36, 41, 58, 67, 148, 171, 173, 433, 550
Appendix 511
Batavia, in 370
Bligh defrauding Admiralty 308–9, 321, 338, 346–9, 356–7
coconut incident 162
conflict with Bligh 73–6, 143–5, 220, 233, 273–4, 276, 280–2, 290–4, 302–4, 308–9, 311–13, 321, 339–40, 344, 356–7, 370, 408, 550
court martial of Bligh 408–9
court martial of mutineers 459–62, 472
Edward Christian, talking to 490, 511
hogs 143–5
Launch, in 220–1, 227, 231, 247, 248, 255–6, 262–4, 290–4
mutiny 178, 181, 182–5, 188–90, 194–9, 209–10, 214
punishment of Quintal 46–7
rations, problem of 44, 55–6
Restoration Island 269–70, 273–6
signing of expense books 73–6, 308–9, 455
Sourabaya 339–40, 343, 344, 346–9
Sunday Island 278–82
Tahiti 85, 86, 102–3, 114, 124–5, 127, 131–2, 143–4
Timor, arrival in 302–5
Tofoa 233, 236–8, 240–1, 243–7
Tonga 155–9
Gatty, Reverend Alfred 542–3
George, King 5–6, 105, 112–13, 147, 188, 208, 295–6, 317, 400, 477, 482, 492
Gorgon 446
Graham, Aaron 454, 460, 465, 480, 482–4
Great Barrier Reef 427–32, 433
Green, Charles xxvi, xxvii
Greetham, Moses 458, 460, 474
Grimwood, John 430
Hall, Thomas xx, 54, 55, 208, 367
Hallett, John xviii, 19, 164, 166, 275, 282, 323
court martial of Bligh 409
court martial of mutineers 469–70
mutiny 177–9, 183, 185, 190, 200, 208, 471, 472–3
Sourabaya 337, 338–9, 342–5
trial of mutineers 450
Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape 457
Hawaii xxix–xxxviii, xli, 237
Hayward, Thomas xviii, 19, 65, 99, 164, 166, 171, 228, 282, 312
court martial of mutineers 466–9
Cutter, theft of 127–8
death 550
mutiny 177–80, 183, 185, 190, 200–1, 203, 208, 219, 471, 472
naval career 550
punishment of 136–7, 142, 145
Sourabaya 337, 338, 340–2
Tahiti, return to 415–22
wreck of Pandora 434
Hector 446, 449, 457, 462, 477, 482
Heiva 119–20, 140
Hetee-Hetee 98, 118–19, 120, 133–4, 141, 308, 332, 416–17
Heywood, Nessy 44, 216, 446–7, 449–51, 454, 458, 469, 479–80, 482, 484–5, 544
Heywood, Peter xviii, 17, 32, 34–6, 44, 58, 164, 166, 229, 282, 355, 413, 434
account of mutiny 439, 451, 489–90, 511, 556
Bligh on 401
Christian, and 35–6, 58, 110, 126, 169–71, 306, 329, 351–2, 488–9, 559–60
court martial 458, 459, 461–2, 464–5, 467–74, 476–80
Loyalist, as 217, 219, 250, 305, 329, 350, 414–15, 439
‘mast-heading’ 51–2
mutiny 185, 207, 211, 216–17, 219, 323, 551
naval career 544–7
Pandora, on 414–16, 423, 425, 429, 431, 451, 473–4
pardon 482–4
support for 432–3, 446–7, 449–52, 454, 457, 477–9
Tahiti 110, 114–15, 126, 129–30, 350, 361, 374, 389, 390, 452, 453
Hillbrant, Henry xx, 42
boat-building 374, 381, 403
death on Pandora 432
mutiny 192, 209, 453
Tahiti, remaining on 359, 374, 381, 419
Hodges, Joseph 430–1
Hood, Vice-Admiral Lord Samuel 27, 30, 457, 461, 463, 476–7, 486, 487
Howell, Reverend William 455–6, 481
Huggan, Dr Thomas xviii, 18, 27, 36, 54, 123
Bligh, and 43–4, 76–82
death 123
Valentine, death of 71–3, 76–7
hyperhydrosis 557
Iddeah 96–9, 119–20, 122, 124–5, 130, 140–1, 147–8
Isle of Wight 23, 26, 391, 391
Jamaica 141, 143, 149, 164
Java 262, 311
Jolly Boat xxx, 14, 177, 184–5, 192, 196, 200–1, 269, 384–6, 515, 558
kava xxv, 94, 97, 112, 360
Kendall chronometer 9, 34, 531
King, Governor Philip Gidley 540
King, 2nd Lieutenant James xxxiii, xxxvii, xxxix