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hyperflare  ·  2890 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: TIH: April 28, 1789- Muitny on the Bounty.

why is this mutiny so famous? It's a funny story (how everyone seemed to find that tiny island!), but at first glance I thought this had something to do with Darwin's ship (which for some reason I thought was the Bounty, not as I just looked up the Beagle.





user-inactivated  ·  2889 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The Bounty was among the last real mutiny on the open seas in the age of sail. As such, it attracts a bit of nostalgia and "look back at the past" sort of storytelling. Within about 50 years of the Bounty, Wind driven ships were falling aside to steamboats. And, in my mind the real factor, the captain of the boat survived and made it back to tell his tale. That and the books became popular, then 4-5 movies were made which keeps the story alive.