The Mutineers of the Bounty

Mutineers of the Bounty (French: Les Révoltés de la Bounty^[1]), translated in English by English writer W. H. G. Kingston, is a short story by Jules Verne.^[2] The story is based on British documents about the Mutiny on the Bounty and was published in 1879 together with the novel The Begum's Fortune (Les cinq cents millions de la Bégum), as a part of the series Les Voyages Extraordinaires (The Extraordinary Voyages).

"Mutineers of the Bounty"

An illustration from the first edition
Author	Jules Verne
Original title	Les Révoltés de la Bounty
Translator	W. H. G. Kingston
Illustrator	S. Drée
Language	French
Genre	Historical short story
Publication date	1879
Publication place	France
Published in English	1879

See also: Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation)

Unlike many authors covering the topic, Verne concentrates on the deposed captain of the Bounty, William Bligh. After mutineers forced Bligh into the Bounty's 23-foot (7.0 m) launch on 28 April 1789, he led loyal crew members on a 6,710 kilometers (4,170 mi) journey to safety, reaching Timor 47 days later.^{[citation needed]}

The original text was written by Gabriel Marcel (1843–1909), a geographer from the National Library of France. Jules Verne’s work was proofreading. Verne supposedly bought the rights to the text for 300 francs, but it had not been verified.^{[citation needed]}