'Interesting account of the mutineers of H.M.S. Bounty - original account of the finding the home of the Mutineers - on Pitcairn Island - 1814', by Captain P. Pipon [Typed transcipt]

DLMSQ 342

fonds

1814

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

942525

1 volume of textual material - typed transcript - 37 cm.

Pitcairn Island was discovered by Philip Carteret in 1767. Due to an error in charting it was not visited again until 1808 when the presence of the Bounty Mutineers was discovered. In 1814 the Briton and the Tagus under the Command of Sir Thomas Staines and Captain Pipon visited the island

Item 1
Typed transcipt copy. 'Interesting account of the Mutineers of H.M. ship 'Bounty' under command of Captain Bligh. Original account of the finding the home of the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' after the lapse of twenty-five years on Pitcairn Island by Capt. P. Pipon of the 'Tagus' who in company with Sir Thomas Staines commanding the 'Briton' discovered on the morning of the 17 Septr 1814, the Island inhabited by John Adams (the only mutineer living) and the descendants of the Mutineers'

Items 2-3
Another copy. Photograph, no date

Item 4
Newspaper cuttings 7 November 1908, 14 November 1908, Sydney Morning Herald regarding Pipon's account of the meeting with the Pitcairn Islanders

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Letters, 9-15 May 1946, regarding copying manuscript removed to W.D. Correspondence File
Transferred from DLSPENCER 362
Original manuscript located at DLMSQ 342