Peter Heywood was a Royal Navy officer who was on board HMS Bounty during the mutiny of 28 April 1789. He was later captured in Tahiti, tried and condemned to death as a mutineer, but subsequently pardoned.
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The Nunnery, Douglas, Isle of Man, where Peter Heywood was born in 1772.
Bounty's movements in the Pacific Ocean, 1788-1790..mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Voyage of Bounty to Tahiti and to location of the mutiny, 28 April 1789 Movements of Bounty after the mutiny, under Christian's command Line of Bligh's open-boat journey to Coupang
Sections of the breadfruit plant, from Bligh's voyage account, drawn by an artist only identified as "Mackenzie".
Lieutenant William Bligh, captain of the Bounty.
The mutineers turning Bligh and loyal officers and crew adrift, 29 April 1789.
Poedooa, a Tahitian woman, circa 1777, by John Webber
HMS Pandora, wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef; an etching based on a sketch by Peter Heywood.Writers born in the 1770s 6
About this person
Peter Heywood was a Royal Navy officer who was on board HMS Bounty during the mutiny of 28 April 1789. He was later captured in Tahiti, tried and condemned to death as a mutineer, but subsequently pardoned. He resumed his naval career and eventually retired with the rank of post-captain, after 29 years of honourable service.
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1772 to 1831 · aged 58
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