Post by Specialist290 on Jul 14, 2007 16:35:42 GMT -5
magatsu said:
I have a vague memory of that Bounty thing... Please enlighten me?Well, from what I remember (it's been a while since I've heard about it), Capt. William Bly of the HMS Bounty was pretty heavy-handed w/ some of his punishments, even by the standards of the time. The crew got fed up w/ this, so ultimately they mutinied against him and set him adrift. The mutiny was led by his first mate, who happened to be a Mr. Christian...
EDIT: Wikipedia article. As I expected, I got a few of the details wrong; for one thing, I misspelled William Bligh's name.