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Feeding Nelson's Navy
Feeding Nelson's Navy
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This celebration of the Georgian sailor's diet reveals how the navy's administrators fed a fleet of more than 150,000 men, in ships that were often at sea for months on end and that had no recourse to either refrigeration or canning. Contrary to the prevailing image of rotten meat and weevily biscuits their diet was a surprisingly hearty mixture... more »
Author:
This celebration of the Georgian sailor's diet reveals how the navy's administrators fed a fleet of more than 150,000 men, in ships that were often at sea for months on end and that had no recourse to either refrigeration or canning. Contrary to the prevailing image of rotten meat and weevily biscuits their diet was a surprisingly hearty mixture... more »
ISBN-13: 9781848327474
ISBN-10: 1848327471
Publication Date: 4/17/2014
Pages: 224
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 1848327471
Publication Date: 4/17/2014
Pages: 224
Rating: ?
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Genres:
- History >> Military >> Naval
- History >> Military >> Life & Institutions
- History >> Military Science
- History >> Modern (16th-21st Centuries) >> 18th Century
- Nonfiction >> Transportation >> Ships >> History
- Engineering & Transportation >> Engineering
