The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture that flourished for four centuries and then
1825 Admiralty Chart No 1113 of Pitcairn Island showing "Adamstown" settlement
Fletcher Christian's House
1849 painting of John Adams Wooden House and grave Pitcairn Island
1908 photograph of Wooden House Built by the Mutineers of the 'Bounty,' Pitcairn Island
Complement of HMS Bounty
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The complement of HMS Bounty, the Royal Navy ship on which a historic mutiny occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789, comprised 46 men on its departure from England in December 1787 and 44 at t
HMS Bounty's commander Lieutenant William Bligh, as painted by John Webber in 1775
Descendants of the mutineers John Adams and Matthew Quintal on Norfolk Island, 1862. From Left to right:John Adams 1827-1897 son of George Adams; John Quintal 1820-1912 son of Arthur Quintal; George Adams 1804-1873 son of John Adams; Arthur Quintal 1795-1873 son of Matthew Quintal
August 1849 Edward Gennys Fanshawe sketch of Susan Young, the only surviving Tahitian woman on Pitcairn's Island