Fletcher Christian
This goo was worth a point in May 2025.
publication date: Monday, May 5, 2025 (part of May 2025)
category: 
Crime
clue: Collecting a bounty on this mutineer would have required a voyage to Pitcairn Island.
explanation: In 1788, Christian led the famous "Mutiny on the Bounty" in which he and crewmates serving on the HMS Bounty seized control from Captain William Bligh and escaped to the Pitcairn Islands as fugitives, where Christian died in 1793. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and LaVonne Lemler
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