Author: Sir John Barrow / Year: 1764-1848 / Genre:History The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789.
The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the commanding officer, William Bligh.
On 4 April 1789, after five months in Tahiti, the Bounty set sail with its breadfruit cargo.
On 28 April 1789, some 1,300 miles west of Tahiti, near Tonga, mutiny broke out. From
all accounts, Fletcher Christian and several of his followers entered Bligh's cabin, which
he always left unlocked, awakened him, and pushed him on deck wearing only his
nightshirt, where he was guarded by Christian holding a bayonet. When Bligh entreated
with Christian to be reasonable, Christian would only reply, "I am in hell, I am in hell!
