Customer Review: During the Age of Sail from the time of Columbus to the steam era of the mid 19th century, scurvy was the biggest killer of men at sea, being responsible for more deaths than storms, ship wrecks, combat, and all other diseases combined. It presented a slow and agonizing death to those afflicted. It... more info
Customer Review: This is a perfectly adequate audio book. I think if I were reading a paper copy I might have skimmed over a few sections, but as an audio book it's fine. The history of survey and the associated politics in the Royal Navy is pretty amazing stuff. If you're at all interested in naval history, you'll... more info
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