The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
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INDEX
Adams, John (Alexander Smith)
Beechey’s interview with
Belcher’s interview with
death of
flogging of
Folger’s talk with
mutiny recalled by
Adams, Jonathan
Admiralty
Bligh out of favor with
Bligh’s wages disputed by
Bounty commissioned by
breadfruit missions and
Edwards’s official report to
Hector visited by
news of Pitcairn’s mutineers and- 51
Nore mutiny and
Adventure Bay, Tasmania
“Adventures of Christian the Mutineer” (Coleridge)
Aitken, George
Aitutaki (Whytootackee)
Alarm
Alcide
Alfred
American War of Independence
Anamooka (Nomuka)
Anson, Lord
antislavery movement
Antrobus, Reverend
Ari’i Rahi (Tahitian)
Armstrong, George
Articles of War, British
Article XIX of
Ascension Island
Ashurst, William
Assistant
Atafu (Duke of York Island)
Atholl, Duke of
Atkinson, John
Austen, Jane
Australia (New Holland)
See also New Holland
Avarau (Palmerston Island)
Balfour, Colonel
Bali, Strait of
Banks, Joseph
background of
Bligh’s correspondence with
Bligh’s promotion and
breadfruit venture and
in Cook’s first expedition
Banks, Joseph (cont.)
correspondence and research of
death of
Morrison’s “Journal” and
news of Bounty mutiny and
as patron of Bligh
second breadfruit mission and
Tahiti visited by
warrant officers and
Barbary States
Barney, Stephen
Barrington, Samuel
Barrow, John
Bastille
Batavia, Java
Bayne, Lieutenant
Bazely, John
Beardsworth, John
Beaufort, Francis
Bedford
Bedford, Grosvenor Charles
Beechey, Frederick Adams’s interview with
Belcher, Diana
Belcher, Edward
Adams interviewed by
Peter Heywood and
Bell, Edward
Bellerophon
Bertie, Albemarle
Bertie, Emma Heywood
Betham, Elizabeth, see Bligh, Elizabeth Betham
Betham, Richard
Bethia
Bethlem “Bedlam” Hospital
“Biography of Peter Heywood, Esq.,” 400
Birket (servant)
Blackstone’s Commentaries
Blenheim
Bligh, Elizabeth Betham
Bligh’s correspondence with
death of
marriage of
Bligh, Francis
Bligh, Jane Pearce
Bligh, Richard Rodney
Bligh, William
Admiralty’s coolness to
appointed Bounty commander
background of
Banks as patron of Banks’s correspondence with- 71 Bounty logs of
Campbell’s correspondence with,
73
at Camperdown
Cape of Good Hope decision of
Christian’s relationship with
command style of
in Cook’s third expedition
at Copenhagen
courts-martial of
death of
deserters and
Edward Christian’s report rebutted by
finances of
floggings ordered by
Fryer’s conflicts with
as governor of New South Wales
health of
Heywood and
Heywood family and
homeward voyage of, see Bligh, William, homeward voyage of
Joseph Christian and
London home of
marriage of
mercantile employment of
missing coconuts incident and
monument to
on Morrison’s “Journal,” 337
mutiny and
Narrative of
as national hero
naval career of
Nelson’s commendation of
Nore mutiny and
officers vs.
Pitcairn’s Island news and
promoted to post-captain
Purcell’s confrontations with
reputation of
Rum Corps court-martial and
in second breadfruit mission, see Bligh, William, second breadfruit voyage of
Tahiti sojourns of
Tynah and
Young and
Bligh, William, homeward voyage of- 64
Anamooka sojourn in
arrival in England
Batavia leg of
Bligh-Christian conflict in- 31
Bligh-crew conflicts in
Bligh-Fryer conflicts in
Bligh-Mrs. Bligh correspondence in
Bligh’s personal log in- 53
on Bounty’s launch
Coupang sojourn in
deaths in
financial considerations in
in Fryer-Mrs. Fryer correspondence
Fryer’s description of
Fryer’s memoir of
Great Barrier Reef crossed in
missing coconuts incident in
mutiny in
New Holland leg of
Norton’s death in
onset of
popular fascination with
Tofua attack in
Bligh, William, second breadfruit voyage of
Adventure Bay sojourn in
Bligh resented in
Bligh’s command style in
Bligh’s illness in
Bligh’s wages in
and Bond’s criticism of Bligh
Coupang sojourn in
Endeavour Strait navigated in
i
ntelligence on mutineers in
navigational surveys in
Tahiti sojourn in
West Indies sojourn in
see also Providence
Blossom
Board of Longitude
Bond, Francis Godolphin
Bond, Thomas
Book of Common Prayer
Borderers, The (Wordsworth)
Borrow, George
Botany Bay
Bounty:
armament of
Bligh appointed commander of
commission of
court-martial for loss of
deficiencies of
described
destruction of
dimensions of
great cabin of
Pandora’s search for
rated as cutter
small boats of
warrant officers of
Bounty (cont.)
young gentlemen of
see also Bligh, William, homeward voyage of
Bounty, breadfruit mission of:
Banks’s instructions for
Bligh’s promotion status and
desertions from
proposal for
sailing orders for
Bounty, outbound voyage of
Adventure Bay visit in
alleged scurvy outbreak in
Bligh-officers disputes in
Bligh-Purcell confrontations in
Bligh’s care of crew in
“Bountys Isles” discovered in
British Queen encountered in
Cape Horn ordeal in
Cape Town visit in
Christian made acting lieutenant in
Churchill’s memoir of
dancing incident in
delayed departure of
equator crossed in
floggings in
Heywood’s report on
miles logged in
onset of
overhauls and provisioning in
Tenerife stopover in
three watches in
Valentine’s death in
weather in
Bounty, Tahitian sojourn of
Bligh’s injunctions on behavior in- 9
Bligh-Tynah friendship in
Bounty relocated in
breadfruit operation in
cut-cable incident in
desertions in
European-Tahitian relations in
floggings in
mutiny list in
natives’ welcome in
officers’ dereliction in
Point Venus camp in
rainy season in
tattoo practice in
thievery in
Bounty Bay
Bounty loyalists, Dutch authorities’ questioning of
Bounty mutineers:
Christian’s relationship with
imprisoned in Hector- 98
Pandora’s roundup of
Pitcairn’s Island settlement of- 53
quarrels among
schooner of
in sinking of Pandora
Tahitian families of
Tubuai sojourn of on voyage to England
see also court-martial of Bounty mutineers; mutiny; specific individuals
“Bountys Isles,” 98
Bounty’s launch, voyage of
Bowyer, George
breadfruit plant (Artocarpus incisa)
delivered to to West Indies
slave trade and
Bridport, Alexander, Lord
Britannia
British Critic
British East India Company
British Queen
Briton
Brown, John
Brown, William
dancing incident and
Brunswick
mutineers executed on
Bryant, Charlotte
Bryant, Mary
Bunker Hill, Battle of
Burkett, Mary
Burkett, Thomas
background of
in Cole’s testimony
court verdict on
defense of
execution of
in Fryer’s testimony
in Hallett’s testimony
in Hayward’s testimony
in Millward’s defense argument
in mutiny
in Peckover’s testimony
in Purcell’s testimony
Tahitian family of
Burney, Fanny
Burney, James
Byrn, Michael- 73
acquittal of
in Bligh’s report