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"For the 28th of April at daybreak the Captain and me were shocked by Mr. Religious, Stewart Young Haywood and the Get good at at Forearms, with 21 people. Religious and the Get good at at Arms travelled into Mr. Bligh's Cabin and tied his hands behind him. Two men came into my Cabin, with muskets and Bayonets, explained easily spoke, that we was a deceased man which Mr. Christian possessed taken the Dispatch and they was to put us onshore after one of the Friendly Isles." - John Fryer, Get good at on the Bounty The Mutiny on the Bounty is one of those great stories in history that most folks have heard of but few people know much about. Actually, those who think they know very well what happened are likely to have formed their viewpoints from what they saw on the movie display than what they read in a e book. Fortunately, the true tale itself is every bit as fascinating as anything Hollywood could wish up. In April 1789, the HMS Bounty was performing functions in the Pacific when about half of the staff put in action a story to manage the ship from its captain, William Bligh. Along with Bligh, the majority of the rest of the crew that continued to be dedicated to him were cast adrift while the Bounty sailed off. The mutineers sailed to Pitcairn Island, plus they spread on that island and in Tahiti before scuttling the Bounty itself, however in the meantime, Bligh and his dedicated crew were taking care of to successfully travel over 3,000 miles and reach the Dutch East Indies. Eventually, Bligh was able to make it back again to report the mutiny in 1790, and the Royal Navy dispatched another ship, the Pandora, going find and arrest the mutineers. The Pandora eventually nabbed 14 of the mutineers, but as though all of that wasn't enough, it ran aground against the Great Barrier Reef.

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