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9781861762887
The popular image of food at sea in the age of sail is one of rotting meat and weevily biscuits. Building on recent research, the author shows how the sailor's official diet was better than what he could expect on land, and was more than enough to sustain him on active duty.MacDonald, Janet is the author of 'Feeding Nelson's Navy The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era', published 2006 under ISBN 9781861762887 and ISBN 1861762887.
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