1. LIFE ONBOARD SHIP
2ND YR

2. Fears From legends and rumours Monsters Losing sight of land
Water boil at equator
Shipwrecks

3. Ships jobs Captain – in charge Captain kept a log (diary)
First mate – 2nd in command
Cook, carpenter, cooper (made barrels)
Doctor

4. Ships New caravels Lateen sails Square sails Clinker built hulls
Rudder

5. New instruments
Compass
Astrolabe
Log and line
Swinging the lead

6. Food Water crucial at start, then went off Drank wine, rum or beer
Hardtack – biscuits tat didn’t go off – had to be soaked in water
Cheese, onions
Turtles often brought onboard – why?
No fruit of veg

7. DISEASE Lack of fruit or veg – scurvy Biggest killer Lack of vitamin C
Bleeding gums, teeth fell out
Dysentery – from dirty water