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
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at Screen Novelties in Los Angeles. The film features live-action scenes directed by Mark Osborne in Santa Monica, California. The ship used during the 30-second opening featuring the pirates singing the theme song was the "Bounty", a -long, enlarged reconstruction of the 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS "Bounty" built for 1962's "Mutiny on the Bounty". The ship has appeared in a number of other films, including "Treasure Island" (1999), "" (2006) and "" (2007). In film trailers, live-action scenes were taken from "Das Boot" (1981), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990) and "U-571" (2000). "Baywatch" and "Knight Rider" actor