On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian led part of the crew of the HMS Bounty in a mutiny against the ship's captain, William Bligh. What led to this? Was Bligh a tyrant, as many people think? Was the mutiny justified? And, what was the Bounty's mission in the first place? In Part 1 of a two-part episode, Hanchuk sets the stage and takes the listener through the actual mutiny.
