Who hasn't heard the story of the "Mutiny on the Bounty" with the supposedly sadistic Captain Bligh as the central character? Simon Füchtenschnieder has also been captivated by the adventurous events on the three-master, which are based on true events, since his childhood - so much so that the 43-year-old "thoroughbred Bethel native" made the Bounty expedition the focus of his doctoral thesis.
Simon Füchtenschnieder sits at his desk, where he has spent the past seven years researching and writing his dissertation. Numerous books are piled up on the table. "I received my doctoral certificate in February and can now call myself a 'doctor'," he says, pulling out the "good piece". His history thesis is entitled "Organisation and planning of research and supply voyages of the British Navy in the 18th century using the example of the voyages of H.M.A.V. Bounty and H.M.S. Providence to the South Seas and the Caribbean".