In 1824, the whaling ship Globe sailed from Martha's Vineyard. Her captain had high hopes for a successful voyage. She headed east toward the Azores & then south all the way around the tip of South America & across the Pacific to Hawaii & Japan. But whales were few & discontent growing among the men suited perfectly the diabolical plans of 1st mate Samuel Comstock, who'd been planning mutiny all along. His plan was bigger than mutiny, however.