LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1
A sudden squall: the Hermione’s men hurriedly reef and furl
(From a specially-commissioned copyright painting by Lt Col Harold Wyllie, OBE, in the author’s collection)
2
Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Pigot’s Commander-in-Chief
(Photo: National Maritime Museum)
3
Captain Sir Edward Hamilton
(From a contemporary print in the author’s collection)
4
Cape Nicolas Mole, the Hermione’s base
5
A cat-o’-nine-tails used in the Navy in 1867
(From a photograph in the author’s collection)
6
Pigot’s letter of complaint to the Admiralty
(Photo: Public Record Office)
7
Parker’s journal recording news of the mutiny
8
An eye-witness description of the mutiny
9
A Royal Navy poster warning of the mutiny
10
Men of the Surprise cheer Captain Hamilton
11
The Surprise’s men recapture the Hermione
(Engraved by T. Sutherland from painting by T. Whitcombe)
Map of the West Indies with insets showing the Santo Domingo-Jamaica-Cuba, and the Cape Nicolas Mole areas