The HMS Bounty was a small merchant vessel that was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1787. The ship was purchased specifically for a singular mission to travel to Tahiti to get some breadfruit plants to ship to the British West Indies to provide food for the enslaved population there. Captain Willian Bligh is portrayed in popular culture as a terrible tyrant of a captain, who just dished out abuse left and right. However, it seems as though he was a fairly capable captain, with a lot of experience. At one point during the voyage, Fletcher Christian replaced the Sailing Master. The crew on the ship essentially split during the mutiny, with about half on Christian's side and half on Bligh's side. I won't go into anymore details than that for those who are unfamiliar with this story and want to read the book. There was a lot more to the story than I had heard up to this point.

This book was extensively researched, and written in a very captivating way. I wasn't expecting to be as interested in this book that I was. The voyage itself was a lot more arduous than I knew, with weather complications on top of the mutiny. I also had no idea why they were on the ship in the first place, so this was a great source of information for me. This was a pretty enjoyable book. First one for October completed!