Pitcairn is the main island of the Pitcairn Islands and the only inhabited island in the archipelago. Other islands of the group are Oeno (which the inhabitants of Pitcairn use as a bathing island, as Pitcairn itself does not offer any beaches) with the associated tiny Sandy Island, Henderson and the Atoll Ducie. Pitcairn was discovered on July 2, 1767 by the midshipman Robert Pitcairn and is since 1838 British Crown Colony or British Overseas Territory. The Pitcairn Islands are today the last British colony in the Pacific. The inhabitants of the main island are largely descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty and their Polynesian women, who chose this island because of their remoteness from usual trade routes as a home to avoid prosecution. At the bottom of Bounty Bay, the bay where the mutineers once landed on the Bounty, are the last remnants of the famous ship. From the settlement, which the mutineers already built on the first day above the Bounty Bay, was born today's Adamstown, which is named after the last surviving mutineer John Adams. Altogether, about 40 people live in the town, whose population is decreasing. The place is developed with unpaved paths and footpaths. The biggest attractions are a small museum that features Bounty's Bible, the house of Thursday October Christian, the son of the leader of the mutineer Fletcher Christian and a Tahitian princess, and the tomb of John Adams, who is next to his Women is buried.