Mutiny on the Bounty Author:Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall First in the Bounty Trilogy — On December 23, 1787, the armed transport Bounty sailed from Portsmouth, England for Tahiti in the South Seas. Her Commander was Captain Bligh. Her mission was to collect a cargo of breadfruit trees and transport them to the West Indies. — The Bounty never completed her mission. Part of the crew under the leadershi... more »p of Master's Mate Fletcher Christian muntinited and seized the vessel. Here is the story of that muntiny- an exceptional adventure story.« less