A narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majesty's ship Bounty

The commanding officer provides a first-person account of a violent shipboard mutiny that deprived him of command while his vessel carried a cargo of breadfruit plants. He describes being bound and set aside as a portion of the crew were forced into an open boat with scant provisions, the seizure and concealment of navigational papers, and the ensuing small-boat voyage across the ocean to a Dutch settlement. The narrative records chronological events, crew actions and discipline, the hardships of survival and navigation, and includes charts and tracks that document the route and positions encountered.