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• Anniversary of Mutiny on the Bounty / by Borga Brunner
  A brief account of the mutiny of the Bounty and information on present day Pitcairn Island.
  
  
• Bibliography of literature regarding HMS Bounty, William Bligh and Pitcairn Island
  A bibliography compiled by H.L. Kerr in April 1989 (the 200th anniversary of the mutiny) and updated regularly. It lists manuscripts, articles, poems, books, portraits, and movies about the mutiny as well as describing the process of creating the bibliography.
  
  
• Bounty genealogy : decendants of HMS Bounty
  The people involved in the mutiny on the Bounty and their descendants, the places and the story of the Bounty Mutiny and its aftermath. There is also general information about Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands. Genealogical database of descendants from the bounty contains over 1506 family names and 2955 families as at June 27, 2002.
  
  
• Events matrixing : restriction, confusion and neglect in the Bounty mutiny / by Ian Campbell
  An undergraduate history thesis by Ian Campbell, University of Tasmania at Launceston, written in 1993. Examines the causes of the Bounty Mutiny, using the tool of events matrixing. The actions of the participants are viewed against a background of natural and other causes and conditions placed upon them by time and place.
  
  
• Henderson Island website : Henderson Island, latitude 24.22 S - longitude 128.19 W
  Henderson Island is the largest of the Pitcairn Islands. It now a wildlife sanctuary, and scientific research outpost. The site features: maps, historical accounts, history, geography, picture, flora and a page of links and book resources. Music and realtime weather forecast available.
  
  
• Historia de un motín / par Emilio García Gómez
  Brief report of the Mutiny of the Bounty and its aftermath in Spanish. From the Levante EMV (newspaper), Valencia City, Spain, Jan. 31st, 1996.
  
  
• Norfolk Island Research and Genealogy Centre
  The Norfolk Island Research & Genealogy Centre has been created to assist researchers throughout the world who may have Norfolk or Pitcairn Island ancestors, or an interest in the history of the island. The web site outlines the services of the Centre and links with other Norfolk Island and Pitcairn sites. It also includes a brief history of Norfolk Island.
  
  
• Notebook and list of mutineers, 1789 manuscript
  Digitised text of Lieutenant William Bligh's notebook written during his voyage in the Bounty's launch from the ship to Tofua and from there to Timor 28 April to 14 June 1789.
  
  
• Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands genealogy
  Provides information about the ancestors, descendants, and cousins of the Bounty crew members, with downloadable files and lists of the approximately 7,500 known Bounty descendants.
  
  
• Pitcairn Island
  Description of the island, and its history.
  
  
• Pitcairn Islands Study Center
  A museum/research facility on the campus of Pacific Union College, Angwin (Napa Valley) California. The Study Center contains the largest North American collection of materials relating to the Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain William Bligh, H.M.S. Bounty, Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands.The site includes a printed guide to Pitcairn Island; a history of Pitcairn; a news page with recent information about Pitcairn; and Pitcairn and Bounty links. The library's holdings and articles for sale are listed.
  
  
• Pitcairn Islands Study Group
  Information about the Pitcairn Islands Study Group and postage stamps of the Pitcairn Islands. Includes history of the islands and links to related websites.
  
  
• Pitcairn's history
  A brief history of Pitcairn Island from the first Polynesian settlers, discovery by Europeans and settlement by mutineers from the Bounty, through to its current importance to philatelists. The events and individuals who influenced the development of Pitcairn are highlighted.
  
  
• Wreck of the "Wild Wave" / the diary of Capt. Josiah N. Knowles
  A shipwreck on 17 February 1858 left Captain Josiah Knowles and the crew of the "Wild Wave" stranded on the small island of Oeno. The captain's diary and a map of the area. Also includes a letter from Capt. Knowles to a friend in San Francisco, describing the state of affairs existing on Pitcairn's Island on his second visit in 1872 as master of the "Glory of the Seas".