I was at the Greenwich Maritime museum last week they have a section* on Bligh which explains this very thing.
*of their Pacific exhibition room from which my main takeaway was how astonishing the Island peoples' feats of navigation were - they basically memorised the current flows for various islands, prevailing winds, constellations etc. before they even set out. This knowledge was passed down by word of mouth for generation after generation and they used it to cross thousands of miles of ocean safely on boats held together with twine(no iron avaliable). Massive tangent there but it really blew me away.
I recommend visiting the museum if you have the chance, it's even free entry.
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Reply to Caribbean breadfruit traced back to Capt. Bligh's 1791-93 journey by Culturedecanted
I was at the Greenwich Maritime museum last week they have a section* on Bligh which explains this very thing.
*of their Pacific exhibition room from which my main takeaway was how astonishing the Island peoples' feats of navigation were - they basically memorised the current flows for various islands, prevailing winds, constellations etc. before they even set out. This knowledge was passed down by word of mouth for generation after generation and they used it to cross thousands of miles of ocean safely on boats held together with twine(no iron avaliable). Massive tangent there but it really blew me away.
I recommend visiting the museum if you have the chance, it's even free entry.