Mutiny
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Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people to oppose, change, or remove their superiors or orders. The term is commonly used for insubordination by members of the military against an officer or superi
An illustration of the mutiny on the Bounty
Artistic impression of the mutiny by the crew of the battleship Potemkin against the ship's officers on 14 June 1905.
Mutiny on the Bounty
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The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the Royal Navy merchant ship HMS Bounty fro
Mutiny
…execution of another, and the marooning of others; on Henry Hudson's Discovery, resulting in Hudson and others being set adrift in a boat; and the famous mutiny on the Bounty. Mutiny is widely considered a serious crime, punishable by imprisonment, penal labour or death. Failure to prevent or suppress a mutiny may also be…
A 1960 reconstruction of HMS Bounty
Lieutenant William Bligh, captain of HMS Bounty
Matavai Bay in Tahiti, depicted in a 1776 painting by William Hodges