Vice Admiral William Bligh, FRS (1754-1817) was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer whose career became overshadowed by the infamous Mutiny on the Bounty. Bligh's vivid account of this calamitous event is encapsulated in his work 'A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty' (1790). While he is often remembered for the mutiny itself, Bligh's narrative sheds light on his na...