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Did or Could Seabirds “Halo” Pitcairn Island for Fletcher Christian?
(Terrae Incognitae, 2018)How did Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutiny on the Bounty, find Pitcairn Island when the supposed location was 342 kilometers west its actual location? This study in applied historical geography explores whether ... -
The Jenny Interviews and Other Sightings: Needle(s) in the Proverbial Haystack(s)
(The Pitcairn Log, 2021-07)On April 28, 1789, acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian disposed “Captain” William Bligh and 18 crew from the HMAV Bounty just of Tofua, South Pacific Ocean. Bligh’s successful open-boat journey to Timor ranks amongst the ... -
Member Profile: Don Albert
(The Pitcairn Log, 2018-10)As a new member of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group (PISG), I would like to take an opportunity to introduce myself. I spent my youth in historic Salem, Massachusetts, living within view of Salem Harbor. Salem was an ... -
Miro Wood Carvings and the Pitcairners: Biogeography, Economics and Sustainability
(The Pitcairn Islands Study Group, 2022-01)On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian deposited Lt. William Bligh and 18 loyalists in the HMAV Bounty’s launch in view of an erupting volcano on Tofua in the South Pacific Ocean. Miraculously, Bligh survived this epic ... -
Teehuteatuaonoa aka ‘Jenny’, the most traveled woman on the Bounty: Chronicling female agency and island movements with Google Earth
(Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island (Island Studies Journal), 2021)Teehuteatuaonoa (or ‘Jenny’ by her English nickname) was one of 12 Polynesian women reaching Pitcairn Island with the HMS Bounty mutineers in 1790. She was the most traveled of these women and the first to return to Tahiti ...