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Before the innovation of canned food and baked bread on ships, how did ocean-going vessels on longer voyages (exploration, trans-oceanic trade, or Naval Campaigns) manage to feed their crews to keep their health and strength up sufficiently for service?

by /u/Cataphractoi in /r/AskHistorians

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