Bounty Islands Solander Islands. Captain William Bligh discovered the Bounty Islands en route from Spithead to Tahiti in 1788 and named them after his ship, HMS "Bounty", just months before the famous mutiny. The location of the islands were only roughly marked on charts. In early 1866 Commander W. H. Norman of HMCS Victoria was tasked with determining more accurately their position. He reported them as being latitude 47ˈ50 South and longitude 179ˈ00 East. Captain George Palmer, during the search for the "Matoaka" placed the islands at 47ˈ46ˈ24 South 178ˈ56ˈ45 East. Palmer also annexed the islands for New Zealand. During the 19th
Tales of the Bounty Hunters by M. Shayne Bell. Zuckuss, who is able to intuit possible futures, meditates shortly before the bounty hunter scene in "The Empire Strikes Back", and the duo encounters survivors from the Battle of Hoth. The story of the most famous "Star Wars" bounty hunter, Boba Fett, is told by Daniel Keys Moran. A prologue set 15 years before "The Empire Strikes Back" explores Fett's history with Han Solo. Then, just before the events of "Empire", Fett tracks Solo to the Rebel base on Hoth to obtain the bounty from Jabba the Hutt, encountering his previous employer Darth Vader. On Tatooine,