William Bligh
1754-1817
English Naval officer
Thanks to the book Mutiny on the Bounty (1932) by Charles Nordhoff and James Hall, as well as many motion pictures on the subject, Captain William Bligh r...
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William Bligh (1754-1817) was an English naval captain and a colonial governor of New South Wales, Australia. Probably best known for his involvement in the mutiny on H. M. S. "Bounty," he had a caree...
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Wellington (dpa) - Two more men were found guilty on Tuesday of
raping children on remote Pitcairn Island, which was founded by
descendants of the mutiny on the Bounty and r...
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Wellington (dpa) - A 53-year-old found guilty on six charges of
raping young girls on Pitcairn Island was sentenced Monday to six-
and-a-half years, the longest prison sente...
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Today is Saturday, April 28, the 118th day of 2007. There are 247 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 28, 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Pet...
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Wellington (dpa) - Tokelau, a group of microdot coral islets in
the middle of the South Pacific that calls itself the last paradise
on earth, will go to the ...
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This tiny spot in the South Pacific was one of the last places William Bligh, captain of the H.M.S. Bounty, visited before the infamous 1789 mutiny.
Bligh, set adrift along ...
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William Bligh
William Bligh
Two more convicted on Pitcairn Island sex charges
