Based on the true story of mutiny aboard the English naval vessel HMS Bounty in the late eighteenth century. The ship is under the command of Captain Bligh who deals with the crew in a very roughshod manner. After arriving in Tahiti and discovering a paradise there, upon leaving the island the ship's second in command, Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny against the captain and casts Captain Bligh adrift in the Pacific Ocean with a few loyal crew members. The mutineers after returning to Tahiti soon find out that Bligh has survived and is giving chase. Bligh captures some of the mutineers but Christian and some followers escape to Pitcairn Island.
Based on the true story of mutiny aboard the English naval vessel HMS Bounty in the late eighteenth century. The ship is under the command of Captain Bligh who deals with the crew in a very roughshod manner. After arriving in Tahiti and discovering a paradise there, upon leaving the island the ship¡¯s second in command Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny against the captain and casts Captain Bligh adrift in the Pacific Ocean with a few loyal crew members. The mutineers after returning to Tahiti soon find out that Bligh has survived and is giving chase. Bligh captures some of the mutineers but Christian and some followers escape to Pitcairn Island.
Having been born in the seafaring town of Salem, Massachusetts, I, Ben Lathrop, had as my life's ambition the desire to ship before the mast. I was a lad of sixteen when in the year 1809, my took me to see his good friend, Captain Joseph Whidden, the master of a ship called The Island Princess.
