Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson Wicked Words - Brandon Presser: Mutiny and Murder in the South Pacific
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Jun 27, 2022 AI Snips
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Seeds of Mutiny
- Bligh over-promised and stacked the ship with inexperienced sailors, creating conditions ripe for rebellion.
- The journey, meant to be four months, stretched to eleven, leading to discontent among the crew.
Nepotism and Breadfruit
- Lieutenant Bligh was chosen to command the HMS Bounty due to nepotism, his wife's uncle petitioned the admiralty.
- The mission was to transport breadfruit from Tahiti to Jamaica to feed enslaved people.
Cook's Legacy
- Captain Cook had earlier visited Tahiti and established a rapport with the Tahitians.
- Bligh, present during Cook's murder in Hawaii, aimed to leverage that relationship for the breadfruit mission.