A Voyage to the South Sea

William Bligh (1754-1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. During his command of HMS Bounty, The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in 1789, and he was set adrift. In 1806, he was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia, with orders to clean up the corrupt rum trade of the New South Wales Corps. His actions directed against the trade resulted in the so-called Ru...