How Sailors Went to the Loo in the Age of Sail
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Video Description
Going to the loo on a ship of the age of sail was a real adventure. Depending on the seaway, a sailor even risked his life to poo. This is because the latrines for the crew were located on the outside of the ship and—as you can see in this clip from the film Master and Commander—were exposed not only to prying eyes but also the elements. In this video, we venture deep into the smelly secrets of seafaring to explore the toilet situation aboard ships of the age of sail. Check out our Amazon Storefront for all sorts of military history, military SIFI and military fantasy books that we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/sandrhomanhistory Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/sandrhomanhistory Paypal (thank you: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SandRhomanhistory Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sandrhoman Bibliography Dash, Mike, Batavia's Graveyard. The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny, London 2002. Kemp, Peter, The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, New York 1976. Monson, William, The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson, ed. by M. Oppenheim, Ontario 1980. Munday, J. 1978, Heads and tails: The necessary seating. In Ingrid and other studies. Maritime Monographs and Reports, No.36, 125-140. Parry, J. H., The European reconnaissance. Selected documents, New York. Shanna, Daniel L., The Seat of Ease: Sanitary Facilities from Shipwreck 31CR314, in: RESEARCH REPORT AND BULLETIN SERIES QAR-B-09-02 (2009), online [https://www.qaronline.org/seat-ease-sanitary-facilities-shipwreck-31cr314-queen-annes-revenge-site/open]. Simmons, Joe J., Those Vulgar Tubes. External Sanitary Accommodations aboard European Ships of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries, College Station TX 1997.
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