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

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

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• False

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

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• False

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

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• False

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

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• False

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

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• False

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

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Cristobal Colon

• Hernan Cortes

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The Viking warriors were from their northern homelands in:

• Russia

• Norway

• Scandinavian

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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

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The standard sailor`s food did nothing to improve:

• His health

• His energies

• His mental capacity

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

• Salted beef

• Salted pork

• Hardtack

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