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www.goglobetrotting.com THE MAGAZINE FOR WORLD TRAVELLERS - SPRING/SUMMER 2014 CANADIAN EDITION - No. 20 CONTENTS Iceland-Awesome Destination. 3 New Faces of Goway. 4 Taiwan: Foodie's Paradise. 5 Historic Henan. 5 Why Southeast Asia? . 6 The mutineers turning Bligh and his crew from the 'Bounty', 29th April 1789. The revolt came as a shock to Captain Bligh. Bligh and his followers were cast adrift without charts and with only meagre rations. They were given cutlasses but no guns. Yet Bligh and all but one of the men reached Timor safely on 14 June 1789. The journey took 47 days. Captain Bligh: History's Most Philippines. 6 Misunderstood Globetrotter? Australia on Sale. 7 by Christian Baines What transpired on the Bounty Captain’s Servant on the HMS contact with the Hawaiian Islands, Downunder Self Drive. 8 Those who owe everything they is just one chapter of Bligh’s story, Monmouth. The industrious where a dispute with the natives Spirit of Queensland. 9 know about Captain William Bligh one that for the most-part tells of young recruit served on several would end in the deaths of Cook Exploring Egypt. 9 to Hollywood could be forgiven for an illustrious naval career and of ships before catching the attention and four Marines. This tragedy Ecuador's Tren Crucero. 10 thinking the man was a sociopath. a leader noted for his fairness and of Captain James Cook, the first however, led to Bligh proving him- South America . 10 In many versions of the tale, the (for the era) clemency. Bligh’s tem- European to set foot on the east self one of the British Navy’s most man whose leadership drove the per however, frequently proved his coast of Australia. Cook offered skilled navigators, guiding the crew of the HMS Bounty to mutiny Achilles Heel. The testimony of sev- Bligh a position as Master of the ships until they returned to Britain. is portrayed as a ruthless taskmas- eral Bounty mutineers sullied the HMS Resolution, an appointment On his return, Bligh would meet ter, ready to flog or keelhaul the Captain’s reputation and left him that at just 22 years of age put and marry Elizabeth Betham. men under his command for the without work for eighteen months him ahead of many more senior Subsequent voyages would take slightest infraction. The notion of upon his return to London. officers. Bligh to the West Indies several Bligh ‘keelhauling’ anyone is par- For those travelling through the It was fated to be Cook’s last times. Among his crew was a mid- ticularly fantastic since this form South Pacific, particularly Tahiti voyage. Partnered with the HMS shipman named Fletcher Christian, of punishment, which saw a man and Sydney, the legacy of this mis- Discovery, the Resolution sailed for and while the two men soon hauled through the water under understood globetrotter can be the Society Islands and Tahiti before Continued on page 4... the keel of the ship, was a Dutch keenly felt today. turning north, bound for Alaska. invention never practiced in the Born in 1754, William Bligh’s But the expedition would inad- British Navy. Navy career began at age 7, as vertently make the first European Do You Have Discover the Cook Islands. 11 a Globe # ? Bob Bates: PNG Expert. 11 Bring Globetrotting Five Countries You Never Unless your name is on the label Immersed in Israel. 12 Magazine to Life! below with a Globe #, you may Best Flight Deal. 13 Thought to Visit – But Should! Feeling inspired to go not receive our next edition. Only The "Other" Big 5. 14 Globetrotting right now? 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