Alexander Rose, Bounteous Misperceptions; The Bounty's captain was hardly the brute of lore--more just a bad boss who happened to have a spectacularly unsuitable employee. Wall Street Journal, Oct 25, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 97093145491056.html
(book review on Anne Salmond, Bligh: William Bligh in the south seas. California, 2011)
Note:
(a) breadfruit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadfruit
(b) maser's mate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_mate
(chart)
(c) obeisance (n): "acknowledgment of another's superiority or importance : HOMAGE <makes obeisance to her mentors>"
www.m-w.com
(d) Pitcairn Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_Island
(e) hydrography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrography
(f) sea dog (n): "a veteran sailor"
(g) Admiralty (n): "capitalized : the executive department or officers formerly having general authority over British naval affairs"
(h) ethnography (n): "the study and systematic recording of human cultures"
(i) Fletcher Christian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Christian
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