Voyage of H.M.S. 'Pandora' : $b despatched to arrest the mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-91Edwards, Edward
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Voyage of H.M.S. 'Pandora' : $b despatched to arrest the mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-91
Edwards, Edward
Bounty (Ship); Pandora (Frigate); Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800
Names of Islands. Lat. S. Long. W.
Ducie Island, 24 deg. 40' 30" 124 deg. 40' 30"
Lord Hood's Island, 21 deg. 31' 00" 135 deg. 32' 30"
Carysfort Island, 20 deg. 49' 00" 138 deg. 33' 00"
Duke of Clarence Island, 9 deg. 09' 30" 171 deg. 30' 46"
Otewhy or Chatham, 13 deg. 32' 30" 172 deg. 18' 25"
Howe's Isles, 18 deg. 32' 30" 173 deg. 53' 00"
Gardener's Isles, 17 deg. 57' 00" 175 deg. 16' 54"
Bickerton's Isle, 18 deg. 47' 40" 174 deg. 48' 00"
Onooafow or Probys Isle, 15 deg. 53' 00" 175 deg. 51' 00"
Rotumah or Grenville Isles, 12 deg. 29' 00" 183 deg. 03' 00"
Pandora's Bank, 12 deg. 11' 00" 188 deg. 08' 00"
Mitre Island, 11 deg. 49' 00" 190 deg. 04' 30"
Cherry Island, 11 deg. 37' 30" 190 deg. 19' 30"
Pitt's Isle (South Point), 11 deg. 50' 30" 193 deg. 14' 05"
Wells Shoal on reef, 12 deg. 20' 00" 202 deg. 02' 00"
Cape Rodney, 10 deg. 03' 32" 212 deg. 14' 05"
Mount Clarence between the two Orayas.
Cape Hood, 9 deg. 58' 06" 212 deg. 37' 10"
Look Out Shoal.
Stoney Reef Islands.
Murray's Islands, 9 deg. 57' 00" 216 deg. 43' 00"
Wreck Reef.
Escape Key, 11 deg. 23' 00"
Entrance Key, 11 deg. 23' 00"
EDWARD EDWARDS.
A LIST of 14 pirates, belonging to H.M.S. late ship _Bounty_, taken at
Otaheite.
Joseph Coleman.
Peter Haywood.
Michael Byrne.
James Morrison.
Charles Norman.
Thomas Ellison.
Thomas M'Intosh.
William Muspratt.
Thomas Burkitt.
John Millward.
George Stewart, }
Richard Skinner, } D/d drowned August 29th 1791.
Henry Hillbrant, }
John Sumner. }
EDWARD EDWARDS.
FOOTNOTES:
[30-1] They sighted Easter Island on March 4th, 1791, Ducie's Island on
the 16th, Hoods' Island on the 17th, and Carysfort on the 19th. The
latitude and description of Ducie's Island leaves little doubt that it
was the first island discovered by Quiros on January 26th, 1606 and
called by him Luna Puesta. It appears as Encarnacion in Espinosa's chart.
Quiros thus describes it: "A buen juzgar dista de Lima ochocientas
leguas: tiene cinco de boj, mucha arboleda y playas de arena, y junto a
tierra fondo de ochenta brazas." Had Edwards but sailed due west from
Ducie Island he must have sighted Pitcairn and discovered the
hiding-place of Fletcher Christian's ill-fated colony.
[31-1] An American vessel.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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