On April 28th, 1789, the crew of the HMS bounty engaged in a mutiny against their despotic Captain William Bly.

After sending the Captain out on a rowboat, the rest of the crew sailed to an uninhabited island, sank the ship, and set up home.

The descendants of those mutineers are still living on that island today.

Their home has become one of the most unique and remote communities on Earth.

Learn more about Pitcairn Island, its history, and how it continues to communities on

everything everything everywhere daily. Of all the places in the world, Pitcairn Island might have the oddest history.

As I mentioned in the introduction, it all started with a mutiny.

The Echymous bounty was a ship of the Royal Navy. It had 14 guns and was classified as a cutter, which was the smallest category of warship in the Royal Navy's fleet.

The bounty's mission was pretty peaceful and a simple one. They were to collect breadfruit trees in Tahiti and

bring them to their colonies in the Caribbean. Breadfruit is very similar to jackfruit,

it grows well in the tropics, and it can be a staple food for the people who grow it.

The captain of the ship was William Bly.

He was a seasoned seafare who had sailed with Captain Cook on his third voyage as his navigator.

On October 15, 1787, the bounty set sail from England with 17 officers and civilians and 29 crew members.

They sailed around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America and arrived in Tahiti on October 26, 1788.

The ship stayed there for five months and for the most part the crew of the ship didn't have much

to do while they were collecting breadfruit trees.

After a year on the bounty, the men enjoyed the company of many women on Tahiti and really enjoyed themselves on this tropical island.

They collected a thousand breadfruit trees and filled up the main cargo hold of the ship.

Captain Bly was anxious to get going and needless to say the crew wasn't.

On April 5th, 1789, they set sail from Tahiti for the Caribbean.

By all accounts, the crew wasn't ready to mutiny at this point, although they were sad to leave.

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