Editing William Bligh (section)

==Second breadfruit voyage==
[[File:Thomas Gosse, Transplanting of the bread-fruit trees from Otaheite, 1796, SLNSW.jpg|thumb|Transplanting breadfruit trees from Otaheite, 1796, Thomas Gosse]]
After his exoneration by the [[court-martial]] [[inquiry]] into the loss of ''Bounty'', Bligh remained in the Royal Navy. From 1791 to 1793, as master and commander of {{HMS|Providence|1791|6}} and in company with {{HMS|Assistant}} under the command of [[Nathaniel Portlock]], he undertook again to transport [[breadfruit]] from Tahiti to the [[West Indies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/section-09|title=The Second Breadfruit Voyage of William Bligh|website=State Library of NSW|access-date=16 July 2018|date=6 August 2017}}</ref> He also transported plants provided by [[Hugh Ronalds]], a nurseryman in [[Brentford]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ronalds|first=B.&nbsp;F.|date=2017|title=Ronalds Nurserymen in Brentford and Beyond |journal=[[Garden History Society|Garden History]] |volume=45|pages=82–100}}</ref> The operation was generally successful but its immediate objective, which was to provide a cheap and nutritious food for the African slaves in the [[West Indies]] islands around the Caribbean Sea was not met, as most slaves refused to eat the new food. During this voyage, Bligh also collected samples of the [[ackee|ackee fruit]] of Jamaica, introducing it to the [[Royal Society]] in Britain upon his return.<ref name="kew.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014213759/http://kew.org/ksheets/fruits.html Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Information Sheets: Staple Foods II – Fruits<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The ackee's scientific name ''[[Blighia sapida]]'' in [[binomial nomenclature]] was given in honour of Bligh.
In [[Adventure Bay, Tasmania]], third lieutenant [[George Tobin (Royal Navy officer)|George Tobin]] made the first European drawing of an [[echidna]].<ref name="Tobin">{{cite web |title=George Tobin journal and sketches on HMS Providence, 1791–1793, with additional material to 1831 |url=http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110327638 |website=State Library – New South Wales |access-date=4 December 2020 }}</ref>