Sea Adventure: The mutiny of the "Bounty" (colour litho)

The mutiny of the "Bounty." When HM store ship Bounty was sent to the South Seas in 1787 the Admiralty made the mistake of putting her under the command of William Bligh, a fine seaman but a born bully. He goaded his crew - none too good to begin with - into mutiny, but when they turned him adrift in the cutter he got his loyal followers 3,618 miles to safety by the most wonderful boat voyage in history. Many of the mutineers died violent deaths, but some reached Pitcairn Island, repented, and founded a model colony there. Illustration for one of a set of 50 cigarette cards on the subject of Sea Adventure, issued by Hignett Brothers in 1939.