Apr 26, 2018
We recently presented posters at Texas A&M University's Student Research Week, the shipboard beertasting event, and at Texas A&M's Nautical Program Shipwreck Weekend. If you were unable to make it to any of these events, our posters are now uploaded below.
Stay tuned! Much more will follow shortly as we continue to run tests and test our hypotheses!
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Were sailors actually ship-shape--or were they truly a sickly bunch? Find out with us! We are replicating shipboard food using the exact ingredients and methods from the 17th century. Then, a transatlantic voyage is simulated by storing the food in casks and keeping them on Elissa, the 19th century tallship. The nutritional and microbiological data from this project will offer a glimpse into the unique food situation, health, and daily life of past sailors.
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