Episode 521: The Tragedy of the Essex Part II - A Belly Full of Blood
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Ducey Island
The crew of the Essex came upon Henderson Island, 70 miles west of Ducey Island and close to Pitcairn Island. Pitcairn was where the mutineers who'd taken over the HMS Bowney had settled and established a community in 1789. By 1820, the year the Essex sank, the mutine on the Bowney community was flourishing and they could have easily and happily taken care of the entire Essex crew. The same thing happened to the dodo because they were just friendly because they didn't know that we should be feared.
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