The Bounty (Vignette)

Robinson, Robb

Abstract

Opening paragraph:
The shipbuilding firm owned by the Blaydes family built the Bethia in their North End Yard on the River Hull, close to their base at Blaydes House, High Street (now Hull University’s Maritime Historical Studies Centre). The Bethia was an 85-foot-long, three-masted wooden sailing vessel deployed in carrying cargoes around the North Sea. In 1787, she was purchased by the Admiralty for £1950, fitted out for a voyage to the South Seas and renamed Bounty. The expedition was designed to collect breadfruit from Tahiti, and transport them to the West Indies, to be planted and grown as food for plantation slaves in another corner of the British Empire.

Citation

Robinson, R. (2017). The Bounty (Vignette). In D. Starkey, D. Atkinson, B. McDonagh, S. McKeon, & E. Salter (Eds.), Hull: Culture, History, Place. Liverpool University Press

• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 26, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 26, 2024
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Book Title: Hull: Culture, History, Place
• ISBN: 978-1781384190
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4720062