This large canvas attempts an allegory with the sunrise the beginning in the symbolic sense and a beginning of a visit in the real sense; it is also the beginning of the end as Bligh was to discover.
The format is deliberately long and narrow to show the canoes coming from distant shores to welcome the strange visitors. Soon the natives will be swarming the decks of the Bounty.
Celebration Feast on Tahitie After a few days the crew of the Bounty are invited ashore for a feast, the usual dancing and good times.
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