Mutiny on the BountyThe mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great storiesa tale of human drama, intrigue, and adventure of the highest orderand in the hands of Peter FitzSimons, it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.