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Possible 19th-century castaway camp found on Isla de los Estados
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Somewhat related, I found out just yesterday that descendants from some of the mutineers on the Bounty (c. 1790) are still living on Pitcairn Island, which is one of the most remote places in the world. There's like 40 people there.
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The modern history of the island is pretty messed up, with some awful cultural norms which I assume came from the Bounty's treatment of natives. Something like 1/3 of the island's residents are convicted pedophiles.
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I looked it up, and yeah, really not good. From the Wikipedia page on the trial: "A study of island records confirmed anecdotal evidence that most girls bore their first child between the ages of 12 and 15."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Pitcairn_Islands_sexual_a...