The Bounty: The Fruit That Launched a Voyage (Part 1)
The History of Fresh ProduceAudio · 3rd Nov 2026 · 48m
Why did the British government convert a captain’s cabin into a floating greenhouse? What was it about a starchy Pacific fruit that so captivated Joseph Banks and the planters of the Caribbean? And who was William Bligh, the ambitious navigator chosen to command one of the strangest expeditions in naval history?
Join John and Patrick as they launch a brand new series on the voyage of HMS Bounty, tracing its origins from the breadfruit groves of Tahiti to the sugar plantations of the West Indies, and introducing the crew who would sail with Bligh, including a young man named Fletcher Christian. This is a story not just of adventure, but of agriculture, empire, and the brutal economics of slavery.
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