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Primary Source Websites

Primary Sources:

South Seas: Voyaging and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Pacific, 1760-1800
Includes voyaging accounts and maps, cultural atlases, indigenous histories, and European Reactions, from the National Library of Australia
Digital Collections from the Center for Pacific Islands Study
from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Digital New Zealand
Moana (1926)
"Moana" is a silent documentary film directed by Robert J. Flaherty in 1926. The movie follows the daily life and rituals of the Polynesian people of Samoa, as seen through the eyes of the young girl Moana.

Specific to Mutiny on the Bounty:

Mutiny on the Bounty Court Martial
Includes trial transcript, Bligh's letters, maps, and images
From Terra Australis to Australia: Mutiny on the bounty
from the State Library of New South Wales, includes Bligh's log book
iMuseum - Newspapers & Photographs
from the Isle of Man (many of the men had connections here, and they've digitized a number of newspapers from the era that include relevant articles).

Times (London) Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You want primary sources from the last 200+ years, from a British perspective.
- What's included? Full text searchable digital edition of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need contemporary and recent news articles from recognized mainstream national and international major newspapers.
- What's included? Full-text news sources from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia including newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, video, podcasts, and digital-only websites from 1980s to present.
- Note: This includes the Indianapolis Star back to 1991 and the Indianapolis Business Journal back to 1985.