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6 JULY 2010
David Attenborough celebrates Henderson Island
Sir David Attenborough pledged his support for Henderson Island World Heritage Site at an event hosted by Henry Bellingham, Minister for the Overseas Territories, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) on Tuesday 6 July.

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21 MAY 2010
HMS Bounty for sale: a piece of cinematic history
If you have a spare US$4.9 million then she's yours.

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27 FEBRUARY 2010
Result of the tsunami on Pitcairn Island
Photos posted to CNN iReport by Mike Warren, Mayor of Pitcairn Island. Tsunami hits Pitcairn page.

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JANUARY 2010
Peter Heywood's Dirk
This dirk or ceremonial sword probably dates from after the trial, when Heywood resumed his naval career with great success.

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8 JANUARY 2010
Royal approval for Pitcairn Honey
The Queen has given the royal seal of approval to a honey made on the tiny island settled by mutineers of the Bounty.

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29 NOVEMBER 2009
Log book sells for £40,000
A naval logbook detailing the first glimpse of the Bounty mutineers on a remote Pacific island sold for £40,000 at auction.

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25 NOVEMBER 2009
Log book's discovery reveals how Navy caught up with Bounty mutineer
… a naval officer’s logbook containing a brief account of the rediscovery of Pitcairn Island, where the mutineers led by Fletcher Christian had taken refuge, has turned up in a house clearance in Cambridge. The log was kept by a junior officer serving on board HMS Briton, which put into Pitcairn in September 1814 …

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5 OCTOBER 2009
Bligh's Journal from the Bounty to be digitised
A new UK project is digitising nearly 300 Royal Navy captains' logs from voyages dating back to the 1760s. They include the voyages of Charles Darwin on HMS Beagle, Captain Cook's log from HMS Discovery and Captain Bligh's journal from The Bounty. The logbooks will be available on the National Archives website next year.

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12 SEPTEMBER 2009
Government plan tourism trail to Pitcairn Island
Settled by mutineers from the Bounty, Pitcairn Island – a two-mile long rocky outcrop in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – is an unlikely tourist trap.

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8 SEPTEMBER 2009
2010 Bounty Boat Expedition Official Press Release
Australian adventurer Don McIntyre and teenage circumnavigator Mike Perham to re-enact Capt William Bligh's epic mutiny on the Bounty open boat voyage,