Bligh and the crew of the Bounty sailed to Tahiti for Breadfruit to feed the slaves in the New World.
Fletcher Christian thought Bligh was cruel and said enough already, Pitcairn, here I come, and proceeded to leave Bligh afloat.
The part of the story that few people know about is what happened after the Captain and his men were cast adrift.
With nineteen men in a single longboat, very few supplies, his log books and navigational tools, Commander Lieutenant Bligh
was able to navigate almost 6000 kilometres (3700 Miles) across the Pacific, to finally make landfall at the island of Timor.
This staggering feat of precision navigation was accomplished with no loss of life, although David Nelson, the botanist, died of fever several weeks later.