By Stephen R. Bown
ISBN-10: 0312313926
ISBN-13: 9780312313920
Book Details:
ISBN: 0312313926
EAN: 9780312313920
ASIN: 0312313926
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Number of Pages: 272
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Synopsis from Amazon:
Scurvy took a negative toll within the Age of Sail, killing extra sailors than have been misplaced in all sea battles mixed. the specter of the affliction stored ships as regards to domestic and doomed these vessels that ventured too faraway from port. The willful lack of information of the royal scientific elite, who counseled ludicrous scientific theories in response to speculative learn whereas ignoring the life-saving houses of citrus fruit, rate tens of hundreds of thousands of lives and changed the process many battles at sea. The remedy for scurvy ranks one of the maximum of human accomplishments, but its effect on heritage has, formerly, been mostly neglected.
From the earliest recorded visual appeal of the disorder within the 16th century, to the eighteenth century, the place a guy had basically part an opportunity of surviving the scourge, to the early 19th century, whilst the British conquered scurvy and effectively blockaded the French and defeated Napoleon, Scurvy is a scientific detective tale for the a long time, the attention-grabbing precise tale of the way James Lind (the surgeon), James cook dinner (the mariner), and Gilbert Blane (the gentleman) labored individually to cast off the feared illness.
Scurvy is an evocative trip again to the period of wood ships and sails, whilst the sickness infiltrated each element of seafaring lifestyles: press gangs "recruit" mariners at the manner domestic from a overdue evening on the pub; a poor voyage looking for riches ends with a hobbled fleet and part the group heaved overboard; cook dinner majestically travels the South Seas yet suffers an incredible destiny. Brimming with stories of ships, sailors, and baffling paperwork, Scurvy is an extraordinary mixture of compelling heritage and vintage experience story.
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Author Name: Stephen R. Bown
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I am an award-winning writer of ancient non-fiction with seven books to my credits (and the manuscript for my 8th ebook is sort of complete). My ebook Scurvy: How a healthcare professional, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the best clinical secret of the Age of Sail used to be a world severe good fortune and used to be chosen as one of many Globe and Mail's most sensible a hundred books of 2004. A such a lot Damnable Invention: Dynamite, Nitrates and the Making of the trendy international, used to be incorporated within the clinical American booklet membership, the background booklet membership and the standard Paperback ebook membership in addition to being shortlisted for 2 awards. My subsequent publication, insanity, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver, was once shortlisted for the Canadian Authors' Association's Lela universal Award for Canadian background and gained the 2009 B.C. e-book Prize Booksellers' selection Award.
After the book of service provider Kings: whilst businesses governed the area, I got a cell name from the best Honourable Paul Martin, former top Minister of Canada, telling me how a lot he loved the ebook. He stayed up all evening interpreting it, yet he stated the misplaced sleep used to be worthy it.
My most recent publication is 1494: How a family members Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the area in part. It used to be published in August 2011 in Canada and should be published in February 2012 within the United States.
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