Bligh's Return

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In a magnificent feat of seamanship and navigational skill, the impeached captain of HMS Bounty defied the elements and sailed his crowded open boat and handful of loyal Jack Tars nearly 3000 miles across the empty Pacific

This is the story of Capt. Bligh and 17 mariners, and their courageous voyage of 4000 miles in an open boat. In 1787, ten years following the murder of Capt. Cook by the natives of Hawaii, the government was persuaded to explore the south Pacific islands, particularly to transport the breadfruit tree to Jamaica and plant it there to feed the large black slave population working in the sugar plantations.

When fitted out, the good ship Bounty sailed in …