Recherche Bay
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Recherche Bay is an oceanic embayment, part of which is listed on the National Heritage Register, located on the extreme south-eastern corner of Tasmania, Australia. It was a landing place of the d’En
A beach on Recherche Bay near Cockle Creek
Cyprus mutiny
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The Cyprus mutiny took place on 14 August 1829 in Recherche Bay off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land. Convicts seized the brig Cyprus and sailed her to Canton, China, where they scutt
Recherche Bay
…agriculture, Recherche Bay saw only moderate activity following the British settlement of Van Diemen's Land. In 1829, Recherche Bay was the site of the Cyprus mutiny, in which the brig Cyprus was seized by convicts being transported from Hobart Town to Macquarie Harbour Penal Station. The mutineers marooned officers…
Japanese watercolour from 1830 depicting a British-flagged ship believed to be the brig Cyprus
A watercolour by samurai Makita Hamaguchi showing one of the mutineers with a dog from the ship