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This story never stops to amaze from so many levels. Also, I never thought to connect it with time with the events in France. The fear of the mutineers (for being hanged) must have been tremendous, and so was their courage - from what I know, a mutiny of that scale rarely happened on British vessels, even though the conditions were just cruel, from today's standpoint. After the mutiny, having such a formidable ship the mutineers could have sailed anywhere worldwide, sell the ship to Britain's enemies, become rich and disappear forever - rather than go to the nearest tiny island and burn the ship. If they didn't, that may be due to lack of navigation skills and different perspective of the simple boys who were part of the mutiny. Another amazing part of the story is Blight's journey to safety. Thanks for retelling the story.

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