Rum who controlled the sales. It was against the direct orders of the governors, who had ordered the searching of every docking ship. Britons living in India grew wealthy through sending ships to Sydney "laden half with rice and half with bad spirits." Rum was intimately involved in the only military takeover of an Australian government, known as the Rum Rebellion. When William Bligh became governor of the colony, he attempted to remedy the perceived problem with drunkenness by outlawing the use of rum as a medium of exchange, but in response to Bligh's attempt to regulate the use of rum,
1808: The Flight of the Emperor of the year". The same author published "1822", a sequel. 1808: The Flight of the Emperor 1808: The Flight of the Emperor, subtitled "How a Weak Prince, a Mad Queen, and the British Navy Tricked Napoleon and Changed the New World" (, which translates as "How a mad queen, a coward prince and a corrupt court fooled Napoleon and changed the History of Portugal and Brazil") is a non-fiction historical book written by Laurentino Gomes, edited by Planeta. In 2008, the book was awarded as the best essay book by Academia Brasileira de Letras. It was also awarded twice a