English Captain William Bligh and 18 others were set adrift from HMS Bounty 7 weeks before, finally reaching Timor in the East Indies after travelling 4,000 miles (6,500 km) in the ship’s open launch.
June 14, 1789
Image: Fletcher Christian and the mutineers set Captain William Bligh and 18 others adrift, depicted in a 1790 aquatint by Robert Dodd. (Public Domain)
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