What was the life of a common navy sailor in modern and early modern Europe?
>wake up
>try not to get scurvy
>get scurvy anyways
A lot of time to kill between sails, a lot of time to kill while on the boat, doing bullshit chores, banter with the lads, shooting a gun once a few months, acquiring STDs the rest of the time.
sodomy and rum. the lash was a part of it too.
>>1061115
There are probably thousands of fiction and nonfiction books written about this subject
buttsecsing the pubescent cabin boy
>>1061115
shit, mate.