The sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific, comprising four volcanic islands (Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, Oeno), only Pitcairn Island inhabited. Settled in 1790 by nine mutineers from HMS Bounty and the Tahitian and Tubuaian companions (traditionally described as twelve Tahitian women plus several Tahitian men) who accompanied them, fleeing prosecution after the 1789 mutiny. Became a British colony in 1838 (one of the earliest instances of women's suffrage anywhere). As of 2023 has a permanent population of just 35, the smallest territory in the world by resident population.
Remains Britain's last Pacific territory, its tiny population descended largely from the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
The classic fictionalized account of the Bounty mutiny and the founding of the Pitcairn settlement.
A modern firsthand account of life on Pitcairn, covering its unique small-population governance and descent from the Bounty mutineers.