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Celebrated historian Diana Preston reveals betrayals, escapes, and success at sea in her bank account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the trip of convicts from the Australian penal colony. The storyplot of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's success on the available ocean for 48 times and 3,618 miles is just about the stuff of story. But few realize that Bligh's escape across the seas had not been the sole open-boat journey for the reason that era of English exploration and colonization. Indeed, nine convicts from the Australian penal colony, led by Mary Bryant, also traveled 3,250 miles across the available ocean plus some uncharted seas to land at the same slot Bligh had reached only a few months before. With this meticulously explored dual narrative of success, acclaimed historian Diana Preston supplies the background and context to clarify the thrilling open-boat voyages each get together survived and the Pacific Island countries each encountered on their journey to security. Through this deep dive, listeners come to understand the Pacific Islands as they were and as they were perceived, and how these seemingly utopian lands became a location where mutineers, convicts, and finally the natives themselves, were chained.
