mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty 28 April 1789, books, films, popular songs led by Flet
mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty 28 April 1789, books, films, popular songs led by Fletcher Christian commanding officer William Bligh sailors idyllic life Pacific island Tahiti repelled alleged cruelty captain. Eighteen mutineers set Captain Bligh and most of those loyal to him afloat in a small boat. The mutineers then settled, some in Tahiti in 1789, others on Pitcairn Island, with Tahitians they had befriended. The Bounty was subsequently burned to avoid detection and to prevent desertion. Descendants of some of the mutineers and Tahitians still live on Pitcairn After Bligh and his crew of 18 made an epic and eventful journey in the small boat to Timor in the Dutch East Indies, he returned to England and reported the mutiny.
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