Breadfruit
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Breadfruit is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family Moraceae. Its name is derived from the texture of the moderately ripe fruit when cooked, similar to freshly baked bread a
Artocarpus altilis
Sliced and fried breadfruit
Breadfruit (kolo) slices to be used for cooking in Filipino cuisine
A breadfruit tree in Honolulu, Hawaii
HMS Bounty
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HMS Bounty, also known as HMAV Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of Will
Breadfruit
…endeavor and successfully lobbied for a British Naval expedition. After an unsuccessful voyage to the South Pacific to collect the plants as commander of HMS Bounty, in 1791, William Bligh commanded a second expedition with Providence and Assistant, which collected seedless breadfruit plants in Tahiti and transported…
Replica of Bounty, built in 1960
Plan and section of the Bounty Armed Transport showing the manner of fitting and stowing the pots for receiving the bread-fruit plants, from William Bligh's 1792 account of the voyage and mutiny, entitled A Voyage to the South Sea, available from Project Gutenberg.
Mutineers turning Bligh and crew adrift, by Robert Dodd, 1790
Bounty Bay, where Bounty was grounded and set alight