Letter to his mother, written from Batavia, 20th November 1791, describing the mutiny on HMS BOUNTY and subsequent events.

Midshipman Peter Heywood, HMS BOUNTY: letter to his mother, written from Batavia, 20th November 1791, describing the mutiny on HMS BOUNTY and subsequent events, including the wreck of the PANDORA on which Heywood was a prisoner.

Object Details

ID: AGC/H/26/1
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1791-01-01 - ?; 1791-11-20 1791
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Midshipman Peter Heywood's letters relating to the mutiny on HMS BOUNTY and his fate after trial (Manuscript)