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Scurvy was an incredibly destructive and hellish condition that sailors suffered due to a diet lacking fresh produce on long ocean voyages.

“It's a hellish thing. They didn't know. So no you can't transport fresh vegetables. So the food is salted beef, salted pork, bit of dried fish sometimes.”

Dan Snow's History Hit · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 52K views on this topic

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