New South Wales, 172;
    explorations, 172-175, 177;
    sails in the Venus, 179;
    last news, 179;
    appearance, 181;
    mysterious fate, 181;
    various reports, 181. 
  Bass’ Straits, 170, 178, 281, 285. 
  Batavia, 11, 58, 64, 100, 141.
  Batavia, Wreck of the, 10. 
  Bath, 89. 
  Bathampton Church, 89. 
  Bathurst, 292. 
  Baudin, M., 157, 286;
    his expedition to New South Wales, 158;
    letter to Captain King, 160. 
  Baye du Cap, 198, 201.
  Beagle, 291.
  Bee, 282. 
  Belcher, Lady, Mutineers of the Bounty, 218, 238.
  Bellerophon, 169.
  Bellona, 66. 
  Benevideis, General, 241. 
  Bennilong Point, 283. 
  Bergeret, Captain, 199, 212. 
  Bermudas, 134.
  Berwick, 77. 
  Besant, Sir Walter, 45. 
  Bishop, Charles, 179. 
  Blackwood, 291. 
  Blaxland, George, 291.
  Blenheim, 233. 
  Bligh, Captain, 100, 163, 169, 211, 277, 279;
    Governor of New South Wales, 218, 247, 252;
    his first visit to the South Seas, 221;
    in command of the Bounty, 222;
    outbreak of the mutiny, 224;
    cast adrift, 225;
    his courage and endurance, 226, 246;
    reaches Timor, 228;
      England, 229;
    in command of the Providence, 229;
    his version of the mutiny, 242;
      responsibility for it, 245;
      defence of his conduct, 248-250;
    instructions, 252;
    administration, 254, 296;
    dispute with MacArthur, 256;
    prohibits the distillation of spirits, 257;
    proceedings against MacArthur, 259;
    surrenders to Major Johnston, 267;
    Rear-Admiral, 270. 
  Bligh’s Passage, 227. 
  Blue Mountains, 82, 157, 279, 292.
  Bonaparte, 133, note. 
  Bootie, 65. 
  Botany Bay, 57, 58, 94;
    proposal to establish a penal colony at, 74;
    arrival of the fleet, 78;
    its unsuitability, 81;
    state of society, 271. 
  Bougainville, 51.
  Bounty, Mutiny of the, 218;
    various books on, 218, 219;
    sails for Tahiti, 222;
    fittings, 222;
    crew, 223;
    outbreak of the mutiny, 224;
    trial of the mutineers, 232;
    sole survivor, 233;
    beached and burnt, 234.
  Boussole, 138. 
  Bowen, Lieutenant, 285;
    forms a settlement at Derwent, 289. 
  Bowles, Captain, 240. 
  Bowrey, Captain, 37. 
  Brazils, Viceroy of the, treatment of Captain Cook, 55. 
  Bremen, Jan de, 15. 
  Bremer, Sir Gordon, 291. 
  Breton, Cape, 125.
  Bridgewater, 186, 188;
    escapes being wrecked, 189;
    deserts the ships, 190.
  Britannia, 144.
  Briton, 233. 
  Britton, Mr., 124. 
  Broken Bay, 94, 174. 
  Broome, 39. 
  Brown, 183, 234. 
  Buccaneer Archipelago, 20.