Cyprus mutiny
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cyprus-mutiny-169-4457234
title:
Cyprus mutiny
text:
The Cyprus mutiny took place on 14 August 1829 in Recherche Bay off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land. Convicts seized the brig Cyprus and sailed her to Canton, China, where they scuttled her and claimed to be castaways from another vessel. On the way, Cyprus visited Japan during the height of the period of severe Japanese restrictions on the entry of foreigners, the first ship from Australia to do so. The mutineers were eventually captured. Two of them, George James Davis and Wi
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description:
1829 takeover of British ship in Australia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_mutiny
date created:
2014-06-30T11:22:56Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T15:08:22Z
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