Summary of Caroline Alexander's The Bounty

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#1 The young man was Peter Heywood, who had been on the Bounty when it mutinied and left Tahiti in 1789. He had been only a few weeks shy of seventeen when the mutiny happened, and he had turned back from the beach to set about the business of building a new life.

#2 The news of the Bounty mutiny reached England almost exactly a year before. It was sent to British and Dutch ports, and seventeen convicts attempted to escape in an attempt to join the pirates in Tahiti. The Admiralty sent a frigate, the Pandora, to hunt the mutineers.

#3 In March 1791, the Pandora sighted the lush, dramatic peaks of Tahiti. The few ships that had anchored here had all attempted to describe the vision-like beauty of the first sight of this island rising into view from the blue Pacific.

#4 The Pandora brought the remaining members of the Bounty crew to Tahiti, where they were met with great generosity from the islanders. The English were considered stingy by the islanders.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514348

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The young man was Peter Heywood, who had been on the Bounty when it mutinied and left Tahiti in 1789. He had been only a few weeks shy of seventeen when the mutiny happened, and he had turned back from the beach to set about the business of building a new life.

#2

The news of the Bounty mutiny reached England almost exactly a year before. It was sent to British and Dutch ports, and seventeen convicts attempted to escape in an attempt to join the pirates in Tahiti. The Admiralty sent a frigate, the Pandora, to hunt the mutineers.

#3

In March 1791, the Pandora sighted the lush, dramatic peaks of Tahiti. The few ships that had anchored here had all attempted to describe the vision-like beauty of the first sight of this island rising into view from the blue Pacific.

#4

The Pandora brought the remaining members of the Bounty crew to Tahiti, where they were met with great generosity from the islanders. The English were considered stingy by the islanders.

#5

The last 14 fugitives were brought into the box on Saturday. The ship’s activities continued around them. They had kept themselves in different factions and were not friendly with one another.

#6

The Bounty was sailed back to Tahiti, where the men knew their loyal friends would give them what they needed. But the men struggled to make a settlement on the tiny island.

#7

The Bounty’s crew began to split up after the ship returned to Tahiti in September 1789. Those who wanted to stay on the island were allowed to do so, while the rest were sent back to England with Christian.

#8

The Pandora, with the mutineers’ schooner Resolution in tow, left Tahiti in May 1791. Edwards’s commission was far from fulfilled. The ship had still not captured the king of England’s stolen ship, nor the ringleader of the mutiny and his most hard-core followers.

#9

The search for the Bounty’s mutineers was fruitless. The few clues of the ship’s presence were only flotsam. It was concluded that they had drifted from Tubuai, where the mutineers had reported that the Bounty had lost most of her spars.

#10

The search continued, and the Pandora discovered thousands of islands. They had even discovered whole islands whose names would be added to the report Edwards would eventually turn over to the Admiralty. But they still didn’t find the Bounty.

#11

The third week of June, while in the Samoas, Edwards was forced to report yet another misfortune: he lost sight of his tender in a thick shower of rain. He had now lost two vessels. Thinking it was time to return to England, Edwards headed north to Wallis Island.

#12

The ship ran aground, and the water began to rise fast. The prisoners could only listen as sounds of imminent disaster broke around them. The release of the exonerated men added to their sense that ultimate disaster was imminent.

#13

The prisoners were freed, and the ship began to sink. The lifeboats began to pick up the men as they were found, and 89 of the ship’s company and 10 prisoners were accounted for.

#14

The Pandora’s boats were to replicate part of Bligh’s