Making history with vitamin C by Penny Le Couteur and Jay B

Ferdinand Magellan was a French explorer in the service of Spain.

• True

• False

Magellan`s 85% crew members dead due to a deficiency of the ascorbic acid molecule, dietary Vitamin C.

• True

• False

Crew members of Magellan, they before dead were suffering from some muscle pain.

• True

• False

Scurvy is a new way of disease undercover in the past century.

• True

• False

The word scurvy is said to be derived from Norse, the language of the seafaring Viking warriors.

• True

• False

One of the following men, who was commanded the first expedition to sail around the world:

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Cristobal Colon

• Hernan Cortes

The Viking warriors were from their northern homelands in:

• Russia

• Norway

• Scandinavian

The first real descriptions of what probably scurvy date from:

• The Crusades in the fourteen century

• The Crusades in the thirteen century

• The Crusades in the fifteen century

The standard sailor`s food did nothing to improve:

• His health

• His energies

• His mental capacity

The Viking warriors used this kind of food as a substitute of bread:

• Salted beef

• Salted pork

• Hardtack