HMS BOUNTY AT OPAREE BAY In Gallery / ADVENTURES

HMS BOUNTY AT OPAREE BAY

HMS Bounty had been in Matavai Bay since October 1783. Helped by the natives, the crew had been growing breadfruit plants to be taken to the West Indies. At Christmas, storms forced Captain Bligh to move anchorage to Oparee Bay. The painting shows the ship, now filled with over a thousand breadfruit ...