The Bounty set sail at Spithead, England and was bound for Tahiti to load samples of the bread fruit tree for a possible transplant to the West Indies to feed the workers of the colonies at a cheap price.
The commander of the ship and expedition was William Bligh.
The crew mutinied off the Freindly Islands, led by Fletcher Christian. They returned to Tahiti where they embarked supplies but soon returned and 14 members left. The remainder set sail again with some natives and 12 women and settled at Pitcairn Islands.
Today the fairheaded descendants of the colony founded by Fletcher Christians and his companions still live on that island. Bligh and the others spent 40 horrible days in the boat and exhausted by hunger they eventually reached Timor and subsequently returned to England.
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