Mutiny on the Globe

s/t: The First Full Account of the Bloodiest Mutiny in American Maritime History & its Bizarre AftermathIn 1824, the whaling ship Globe sailed from Martha's Vineyard. Her captain had high hopes for a successful voyage. She headed east toward the Azores & then south all the way around the tip of South America & across the Pacific to Hawaii & Japan. But whales were few & discontent growing among the men suited perfectly the diabolical plans of 1st mate Samuel Comstock, who'd been planning mutiny all along. His plan was bigger than mutiny, however. He plotted to take the ship & set up a kingdom for himself on a remote Pacific island. Thru fear & coercion, Comstock almost succeeded. He took over the ship & sailed to the small island of Mili. Soon after landing, however, the men fell out among themselves, & in turn began fighting with the natives. Finally, six men stole the Globe & sailed back across the Pacific to South America, where their story inspired a manhunt. All is told here in full detail as it happened. Using the ship's logs, memoirs & court records, Hoyt has reconstructed the events aboard the Globe. It was an important turning point in American maritime history. Most of all, it was a stirring adventure of men & the sea.