Mutiny on the Bounty
by Charles Nordhoff · first published 1947
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…women who were with them (six men, eleven women, and a baby girl), settled on Pitcairn Island and set fire to the Bounty. So that's likely why you've heard of them, though I don't think I've ever read Mutiny on the Bounty nor seen it retold in film or similar. I currently have an image of Midway on my laptop and I've been thinking about how remote islands end up with life. They typically emerge from the ocean as a barren…
on “Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)” ↗…need to remind myself it's pronounced 'jail'. (A quick google tells me that all the major British newspapers switched over to 'jail' by the 1990's - score one for the good guys!) I remember reading 'Mutiny on the Bounty' as a child and talking about it with my father and I said something about the 'boatswain', and he (a former naval officer) looked at me like I had two heads. "You mean the [BOSUN]?" "Well, no it says…
on “Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speaking English” ↗I just finished Peter FitzSimons - Mutiny on the Bounty, when trading with the natives nails were one of the most highly prized items.
on “Watchmaking: Machining a 0.6 mm Screw [video]” ↗