Bligh

(blī)

Bligh, William 1754-1817; Eng. naval officer: commander of the Bounty, whose crew mutinied

See Bligh in American Heritage Dictionary 4

British naval officer who as captain of the H.M.S. Bounty was set adrift by his mutinous crew during a voyage to Tahiti (1789).

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