1 option
Mariners' Mealtimes & Other Daily Details of life on board a sailing warship / Una A. Robertson ; illustrated by Mary K. Stewart (after Contemporary Illustrations).
LIBRA - Rare G549 .R59 1981 Klavans copy
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robertson, Una A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seafaring life--Great Britain.
- Seafaring life.
- Cooking on ships.
- Great Britain.
- Penn Provenance:
- Klavans, Nancy (donor)
- Robertson, Una A. (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- [2], 55, [3] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Mariners' mealtimes and other daily details of life on board a sailing warship
- Place of Publication:
- Dundee [Scotland] : Unicorn Preservation Society, 1981.
- Contents:
- The Unicorn Preservation Society
- Introduction
- The men & their daily routine
- Clothing
- Messing arrangements
- Mess traps
- The ship's galley
- The ship's cook
- The purser
- Victualling
- Tinned foods
- Provisions
- Storage of provisions
- Provisioning on the wing
- Livestock on board
- Water supplies
- Drink
- Health, hygiene and scurvy
- Hammocks
- The wardroom
- The captain's food
- The captain's table money and entertaining
- Food for thought
- Meal patterns in the 18th century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 55).
- Local Notes:
- Klavans Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Nancy Klavans in 2016.
- Klavans copy inscribed "With best wishes Una Robertson".
- Other Format:
- Online version: Robertson, Una A. Mariners' mealtimes & other daily details of life on board a sailing warship.
- ISBN:
- 0907276016
- 9780907276012
- OCLC:
- 20642025
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.