Bounty HMS (Ship)

Bounty (Ship)

Famous as the scene of the Mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, was originally a three-masted cargo ship, called the Bethia, purchased by the British Admiralty, and then modified and commissioned for a botanical mission to the Pacific Ocean.

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Manuscript

Papers relating to Pitcairn Island

Date: [1892-1894],

Reference: MS-Group-1161

Description: Comprises autograph album of verses and signatures of Pitcairn Islanders with clippings inserted; and copy of `Mutiny of the Bounty and story of Pitcairn Island, 1790-1894' (1894), also with clippings inserted Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased Jan, 2003 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Daniel Christian.

Manuscript

Sir Joseph Banks : Correspondence transcribed by Dawson Turner

Date: 1766-1820

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Banks, Joseph (Sir), 1743-1820

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2662

Description: Selected transcripts of Banks' correspondence Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Dawson Turner was acquainted with Banks and proposed by Robert Brown as a suitable biographer. In 1853 much of Banks' correspondence was made available to Turner, who had the papers copied and returned with the originals to Sir Edward Knatchbull. After Turner's death, his papers were sold by auction and scattered, as were Banks' papers in 1886. However, the Turner transcripts were placed in the Botany Department of the British Museum.

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Morris, Roger, 1935- :H M S Bounty / Roger Morris - Auckland ; Porter Galleries, [1984]

Date: 1984

By: Morris, Roger, 1935-

Reference: C-117-046

Description: Subjects : "Depicts `H M S Bount' sailing before a fair wind off Matavai Bay, Tahiti"--certificate Same as C-117-046-a. Edition: 176/750 (on certificate, "176/599"), signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Title and other information from accompanying certificate (on adhesive label). Original watercolour Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph ; image 381 x 526 mm on sheet 440 x 620 mm + 1 certificate of authenticity (230 mm)

Manuscript

Selections from the Sir Phillipp Thomas and the Royal United Services collections

Date: 1789-1884

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3039

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Ernst, Pauline Fargher, fl 1990-1997 : Papers re Bounty and Pitcairn research

Date: [1990-1997]

By: Ernst, Pauline Fargher, active 1990-1997

Reference: MS-Papers-5934

Description: Comprises copy of `Book relics from HMS Bounty, comprised of two monographs' by Ernst, extract from `Voyage of HMS Imogene', two letters by Ernst about her research and about queries re some items from the Turnbull collection, MS-Papers-0145-21 and MS-2148, and a list of items cited from Turnbull collections under correspondence, art and manuscripts. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter (photocopies)

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The travel book of the year; mutiny, love, religion, historic drama. "In the wake of 'T...

Date: 1933

From: [Ephemera and posters relating to book fairs & festivals, and books published 1900-1969]

By: Delgarno, Roy, active 1930s; Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979; Gibbs, Rowan William, 1947-

Reference: Eph-C-BOOK-1933-01

Description: Shows the front cover illustration by Roy Delgarno, with native women dancing on a beach at sunset. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Pat Lawlor Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on light card. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 375 x 248 mm. Provenance: Donated by Rowan Gibbs of Smith's Bookshop. May have been previously owned by Pat Lawlor.

Manuscript

Samuel Greatheed - Authentic history of the Mutineers of the Bounty

Date: 1820-1821

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0099

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Supplied by Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Canberra

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Morris, Roger, 1935- :H M S Bounty / Roger Morris - Auckland ; Porter Galleries, [1984]

Date: 1984

By: Morris, Roger, 1935-

Reference: C-117-046-a

Description: Subjects : "Depicts `H M S Bounty' sailing before a fair wind off Matavai Bay, Tahiti". Includes a certificate vouching for the print run Same as C-117-046. Edition: 176/750 (on certificate, "176/599"), signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Title and other information from accompanying certificate (on adhesive label). Original watercolour Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph ; image 381 x 526 mm on sheet 440 x 620 mm + 1 certificate of authenticity (230 mm)

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Ingleton, Geoffrey Chapman, 1908-1998 :Bounty. Sea ruffians. [1937?]

Date: 1937

By: Ingleton, Geoffrey Chapman, 1908-1998

Reference: B-022-005

Description: A broadside view of William Bligh's ship H. M. S. Bounty at the point when the crew had mutinied and set Bligh and others adrift. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title; also bottom left, 'No. 30/50', bottom centre 'Sea Ruffians', bottom right signature Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: etching 228 x 286 mm

Manuscript

Renourd, David Thomas : Journal kept on the voyage of Pandora's tender

Date: 1791

By: Renourd, David Thomas, active 1791

Reference: Micro-MS-0454

Description: Describes the journey of the Pandora to Tahiti in search of the Bounty mutineers, and the subsequent voyage of the tender, Mutavai Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 28 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

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Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Creek in Matavai Bay, Otaheite. Drawn and etched by Lieut. Col...

Date: 1779 - 1831

By: Batty, Robert, -1848; Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: B-097-003

Description: Creek with palm trees and high hills behind, copied from an engraving by John Webber from Captain Cook's third voyage, 1779. Proof before letterpress for an illustration in John Barrow's 'The eventful history of the mutiny and piractical seizure of H. M. S. Bounty., opposite p. 39. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 105 x 69 mm (image), 150 x 104 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 449 x 302 mm

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Artist unknown :Relics at the Royal Naval Exhibition. [Illustrated London news?] 1891

Date: 1891 - 1782 - 1815

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

Reference: A-248-033

Description: Illustrations of 20 named exhibits, including weapons and bells, etc. Captions: 1. Turkish silver cup presented to Lord Nelson by Levant merchants. 2. Stern lantern of the Ville de Paris, flag-ship of Comte de Grasse, captured by Lord Rodney, 1782. 2A. Chapel bell of Ville de Paris. 3. Piece of the mast of HMS Victory. 4. Dessert dish inscribed with names of Nelson's victories. 6. Horn cup with which Bligh measured water for men in his boat. 7. Bell of the Ark Royal, Lord Howard of Effingham's flagship against Spanish Armada. 8. Book damaged by a shot in the Battle of Trafalgar. 9. Silver-mounted pistol (a pair) given by Napoleon I to Lieutenant Andrew Mott of HMS Bellerophan in 1815. 10. Sword presented to Lord Howe by George III on return of the fleet in 1794. 11. Diamond-hilted sword presented to Nelson by King of Naples. 12. Bar-shot that killed eight men on board HMS Victory at Trafalgar, Oct 21 1805. 13. Saucer used by Nelson on the day of his death. 14. Dirk worn by Captain John Cooke at Trafalgar. 15. Ancient brass horn of Jurats and Commonalty of Folkestone. 16. Cat-o'-nine tails, formerly used on board an old man-of-war. 17. Sword carried by Nelson in boarding the San Josef at Cape St Vincent, 1797. 18. Silver dress-dirk worn by Nelson. 19. Wooden dish belonging to John Adams, Pitcairn's Island, one of the mutineers of the Bounty. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 164 x 236 mm (image)

Manuscript

The Pitcairn Island register, from the destruction of the Bounty up to the present time

Date: 1790-1856

Reference: fMS-217

Description: Certificate signed by George Hunn Nobbs declaring that he will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England, 30 Nov 1852 Poem and 2 newspaper clippings, 1852? and 1934 Register, covering period 23 Jan 1790-10 Apr 1856, recording births, deaths and marriages Includes a log of the whaling ship `Proteus'. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 127 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (38 cm; green buckram)

Manuscript

Misc files 15/2 - 91

Date: 1831-1914, 1957

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2325

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

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Dodd, Robert 1748-1816 :The mutineers turning Lieut. Bligh and part of the officers and...

Date: 1790

By: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1816

Reference: C-008-004

Description: The Bounty on the left, in close-up detail with seamen armed with swords. Swords are being thrown to the group with Bligh cast adrift in a large rowboat to the right. Note about mutiny based on Bligh's narrative, with dedication by publisher. Second copy with variant colouring 408 x 588 mm on sheet 462 x 594 mm (C-008-004-a) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured aquatint with etching 415 x 588 mm

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The Mutiny of the Bounty, A B.A.P. production featuring Harvey Adams as Captain Bligh. ...

Date: 1941

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, sales catalogues and pamphlets related to radio and radio equipment, transmission, radio stations and radio clubs in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-RADIO-1941-01

Description: Folded card shows an illustration of a sailing ship on the front cover. The insude spread show a map of the 'Bounty's voage. The back cover shows photographs of some of the actors who were involved in the radio production: Gwen Munro, Harvey Adams, Leonard Bennett, Peter Finch and Lola Kelly. Dated 1941; that is the year in which Australian radio stations also aired the programme (See 'The Wireless Weekly', 15 February 1941, page 11. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-681473838/ accessed 30 November 2019) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset and relief prints on light card folded to 209 x 150 mm.

Manuscript

Banks, Joseph (Sir) 1740-1820 : Autograph instruction to the gardener of the "Bounty" e...

Date: 1787

By: Banks, Joseph (Sir), 1743-1820

Reference: qMS-0123

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Forester, Maurice Alwyn Pitts 1919?- :[The Bounty running north] 1979 [Auckland, 1979].

Date: 1979

By: Forester, Maurice Alwyn Pitt, 1919-

Reference: C-008-014

Description: Shows the Bounty under full sail. Title etc supplied by artist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - MAURICE FORESTER / 1979 Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) , on both sides of 1 sheet.. Physical Description: Colour photolithograph (proof), 435 x 612 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1986.

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Forester, Maurice Alwyn Pitts 1919?- :[The Bounty running north] 1979 [Auckland, 1979].

Date: 1979

By: Forester, Maurice Alwyn Pitt, 1919-

Reference: C-008-014-a

Description: Shows the Bounty under full sail. Title etc supplied by artist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - MAURICE FORESTER / 1979 Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) , on both sides of 1 sheet.. Physical Description: Colour photolithograph (proof), 435 x 612 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1986.

Manuscript

Papers - Napier family to William Wilberforce

Date: 1717-1894

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1925

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).