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Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail (Stephen Taylor)

Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail (Stephen Taylor)

Update: 2025-06-06
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An interesting study of the life of seamen in the age of sail, and of why Churchill was partially wrong about "rum, sodomy, and the lash."


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Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail (Stephen Taylor)

Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail (Stephen Taylor)

Charles Haywood