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Water is one of the most basic of humans need. The body uses it for a multitude of essential functions like producing sweat and blood...Human bodies consist of between 45 to 75% of water, and if you go more than 3 days without it, you'll just fall dead. There seems to be a lowintensity debate amongst history buffs in regards to historical drinking water, with one side saying that all water was undrinkable, and another the opposite. The truth seems moreso to be that, it varied from place to place, and person to person.

The same goes when we discuss drinking water aboard a ship.

Sources
Just like the previous videos on food, these aren't based on a single source but patched together from a multitude of period and modern sources. There exists no singular concise work on the diets of pirates, except for these videos. Below are just a few of the many sources I used and I've probably forgotten to list some.
A New Voyage Round the World William Dampier
The Buccaneers of America Alexandre Exquemelin
The Buccaneer's Realm Benerson Little
Pitman's account Henry Pitman
Pirates In Their Own Words E.T Fox

#pirates #history #food