Relics from the Bounty collected by William Gunn, 1841

R 18/Item a
R 18/Item b
R 18/Item c
R 18/Item d
R 18/Item e
R 18/Item f

fonds

1841

889476

3 shards, 1 key, 1 botanical specimen, 1 geological specimen - blocks: 2.1 x 8.5 x 3.6 cm - 3 wood blocks, iron, moss, volcanic glass

R 18/Item a-c : Three wooden blocks
Each labelled 'Part of H.M.S. "Bounty" Mutiny 1789. Got in 1841 when at Pitcairn Isld. in H.M.S. "Curacoa" W.G.'

R 18/Item d : Iron key
With label reading 'Key belonging to the "Bounty" got at Pitcairn's Island H.M.S. Curacoa Augt. 1841. Wm Gunn'

R 18/Item e : Moss
In packet labelled 'Moss from the Fern Tree of Owhyee [sic] H.M.S. Curacoa Sandwich Islands 1841- Found growing round the volcano of Kilanea 400 feet high

R 18/Item f : Glass
Packet labelled 'Rare volcanic glass in Capillary forms. Lava (crystallised) found on the ground many miles from the island of Kilanea (Hawaii) blown there by the wind. Sept. 1841'

Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010