How did Captain Cook become the first navigator to avoid the loss of personnel from scurvy? Detailed answer

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How did Captain Cook become the first navigator to avoid the loss of personnel from scurvy?

Between 1768 and 1771, the English navigator James Cook made his first circumnavigation of the world. The expedition he led on the ship "Endeavour" left 80 people and only 50 returned. The main cause of death for sailors was scurvy - the true curse of the tropics in those days.

But in the second round-the-world expedition of Captain Cook, the crew of his corvette "Resolution" did not lose a single person from scurvy. The reason for such a completely unusual phenomenon for that time was the inclusion of sauerkraut in the diet of sailors.

As Cook noted in the ship's log, at first it was impossible to force sailors to eat a foreign product, but the problem was soon solved. Cook ordered the officers to eat cabbage in front of his subordinates, savoring and praising it in every possible way.

As a result, the most curious sailors also wanted to try the delicacy, and after them everyone began to eat cabbage, and in large quantities, so that even portions had to be limited.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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