The 47-Day Open Boat
About this episode
The Bounty mutineers kept the charts and cast nineteen men adrift in a 23-foot boat. At Tofua, islanders killed quartermaster John Norton.
AI-assisted reconstruction from documented history. AI-assisted reconstruction based on documented history. Verify details against primary sources. Depictions of historical figures are illustrative reconstructions for documentary storytelling — not authentic photographs or recordings of those persons.