The Age of Sail: everything you wanted to know
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The Diet That Sailings Had
Sailors were given a gallon of beer a day, but the percentage was something like one to three per cent. The main meals would be lobscouse and scotch coffee. Captain cook famously gave his crew sour crant - thought it helped fight scurvy. But there are stories of people catching sharks or sea gulls.
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