The Mutineers of the Bounty The Mutineers of the Bounty Mutineers of the Bounty () is a short story by Jules Verne. The story is based on British documents about the Mutiny on the "Bounty" and was published in 1879 together with the novel "The Begum's Fortune" ("Les cinq cents millions de la Bégum"), as a part of the series "Les Voyages Extraordinaires" ("The Extraordinary Voyages"). Unlike many authors covering the topic, Verne concentrates on the deposed captain of the "Bounty", William Bligh. After mutineers forced Bligh into the "Bounty"'s 23-foot launch on 28 April 1789, he led loyal crew members on a 6,710 kilometer
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor, also known as Lost and Found: The Story of an Anchor, is a 1979 New Zealand documentary television film directed and co-written by David Lean. Filmmaker David Lean is scouting locations in Tahiti for a feature film about the famous mutiny on the HMS Bounty. His property master, Eddie Fowlie, discovers the whereabouts of an anchor which had belonged to Captain James Cook, and historians and experts arrive to examine it before an attempt is made to raise it and bring it to land.