South Specific -- Into Tahiti

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Slight correction. :-))

Let us recall that Tahiti represents the figurative tipping point of the H.M.A.V. Bounty (as in "p i r a t i c a l s e i z u r e")-as in, the ship of bright young traveling men who sailed to the ends of the earth on assignment, came upon these fair isles, dropped everything, quickly forgot their duty to God, King (Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III was never involved in the breadfruit mission or other. The Bounty was His Majesty's Armed Vessel)and Country, took unto themselves Tahitian wives, and went severely A.W.O.L. Two days in Tahiti and I'm totally sympathetic.

Until the piratical seizure gets official approval,

There was no mutiny of/on the Bounty.

David Townsend
descendant of T. Ledward
surgeon of the HMAV Bounty

11-10-2009 @ 3:32PM

Andrew said...

Pleased to meet & glad to know that Gadling has Bounty descendants among us. Also, glad to meet a fellow pedant. Forgive my usage of the Bounty as a metaphorical travel touchstone rather than accurate historical depiction. The Discovery Channel tends to get territorial that way. Good luck to you and your worthy attempt at reframing the mutiny of the Bounty in the collective conscious of a few billion people.

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