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Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
The English fleet of the XVIII century was distinguished by a rigid (even cruel) discipline. The slightest offenses were punished with whips, more severe misconduct was punishable by the death penalty. The sailors brought to despair raised the riots and tried to free themselves from the oppression. 1789. The crew of the British ship Bounty, under the leadership of the cruel Captain Blley, filling the holds, sets off Tahiti from the shores. Until this day, within six months, the ship’s team was subjected to physical and moral bullying by the captain and his minions. Exhausting work and lack of food force sailors to raise a rebellion. The instigator of the rebellion is the sailor, aristocrat Christian Fletcher. Having set the captain and the people loyal to him from the ship, the Bounty headed for Tahiti, it was there that Fletcher and other rebels decided to spend the rest of their lives ...