28 April 1789 A.D. Mutiny on the HMS Bounty
28 April 1789 A.D. Mutiny on the HMS Bounty Editors. “Mutiny on the HMS Bounty.” History.com. N.d. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mutiny-on-the-hms-bounty . Accessed 27 Apr 2015. 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. In December 1787, the Bounty left England for Tahiti in the South Pacific, where it was to collect a cargo of breadfruit saplings to transport to the West Indies. There, the breadfruit would serve as food for slaves. After a 10-month journey, the Bounty arrived in Tahiti in October 1788 and remained there for more than five months. On Tahiti, the crew enjoyed an idyllic life, reveling in the comfortable climate, lush surroundings, and the famous hospitality of the Tahit...