Tahiti, Point Venus, Bounty Monument, Ship's Company
The list of 46 Officers and Men who sailed from Spithead on 23rd December 1787. It includes the name of Able Seaman James Valentine who died 9th October 1788 only a few days before Bounty arrived at Matavai Bay. On Thursday the 9th (October 1788) we had the misfortune to lose one of our seamen, James Valentine, who died in the night of an asthmatic complaint. This poor man had been one of the most robust people on board until our arrival at Adventure Bay, where he first complained of some slight indisposition for which he was bled, and got better. Some time afterwards the arm in which he had been bled became painful and inflamed: the inflammation increased, with a hollow cough, and extreme difficulty of breathing, to his death. He had no Effects of any Value I therefore directed the few Shirts and Trowsers that belonged to him be given to the two Men who had attended him during his illness with great care and Affection. Bligh “A Voyage to the South Seas”, 1795 Chapter 5
Tahiti, Point Venus, Bounty Monument, Ship's Company
The list of 46 Officers and Men who sailed from Spithead on 23rd December 1787. It includes the name of Able Seaman James Valentine who died 9th October 1788 only a few days before Bounty arrived at Matavai Bay. On Thursday the 9th (October 1788) we had the misfortune to lose one of our seamen, James Valentine, who died in the night of an asthmatic complaint. This poor man had been one of the most robust people on board until our arrival at Adventure Bay, where he first complained of some slight indisposition for which he was bled, and got better. Some time afterwards the arm in which he had been bled became painful and inflamed: the inflammation increased, with a hollow cough, and extreme difficulty of breathing, to his death. He had no Effects of any Value I therefore directed the few Shirts and Trowsers that belonged to him be given to the two Men who had attended him during his illness with great care and Affection. Bligh “A Voyage to the South Seas”, 1795 Chapter 5