Auctioneers Christie's said Monday it is selling relics from Captain Bligh's perilous escape after mutineers stole his ship, the Bounty, and left him and his supporters for dead.
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His teams won more than their share, but some of his players objected to what they considered to be Captain Bligh tactics, and there was a player rebellion that ultimately cost him his job.
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One of the cannons from the Bounty, the ship made famous in the mutiny against Captain Bligh, has been raised from the sea near Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific, researchers said Monday.
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According to Bligh, Christian " appeared disturbed " and replied, " That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing; I am in hell I am in hell ."
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This was followed in 1797, after the victory of HMS Director " ( under Captain Bligh ) and the Vryheid ( Admiral De Winter ) in the Battle of Camperdown on 11 Oct . 1797.
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Royalty, a former president, Hollywood stars and a Pulitzer prize winner have donated money to fix a road on tiny Pitcairn Island _ the South Pacific home of mutineers from Captain Bligh's Bounty.
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"Captain Bligh and Mr . Christian, " his 1972 account of the Bounty revolt, was the basis of the 1984 film " The Bounty, " starring Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson.
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Heywood's story throws some fascinating light on the workings of the British Navy in the late 18th century, and provides a new dimension to the oft-told tales of " Captain Bligh and Mr Christian ".
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As reluctant mutineer Fletcher Christian, he personified strength, honor and action _ but he didn't stand a chance sharing the screen with one of cinema's truly odious villains, Charles Laughton as the sadistic Captain Bligh.
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Vostrikov's determination to carry out his duty over his subordinate's objections takes on an air of mania, and the shadows of Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian seem to flicker on the sub's chilly, damp walls.
