David Bianculli

But in storms, for the average seaman, when it became so rough, and it would when they were going around Cape Horn, the seas were coming over the entire bow of the ship, washing some of the heads away and making it impossible to use them.

It would not be right to call it a privy because there was no privacy. Yes. You'd be a landlubber if you called it a privy. So there was a lot of documentation that happened on these boats. A lot of the officers would keep logbooks. Even some non-officers would keep logbooks. Why were these so important?

It would not be right to call it a privy because there was no privacy. Yes. You'd be a landlubber if you called it a privy. So there was a lot of documentation that happened on these boats. A lot of the officers would keep logbooks. Even some non-officers would keep logbooks. Why were these so important?

It would not be right to call it a privy because there was no privacy. Yes. You'd be a landlubber if you called it a privy. So there was a lot of documentation that happened on these boats. A lot of the officers would keep logbooks. Even some non-officers would keep logbooks. Why were these so important?

Yeah, so the Admiralty and the British Empire and the government required... the senior officers, all to keep a logbook, the captain and lieutenant, of almost a daily occurrence of the wind and the elements and unexpected accidents and remarkable incidents. And this was partly a way for the British Empire, which was during this age of ruthless expansion,

Yeah, so the Admiralty and the British Empire and the government required... the senior officers, all to keep a logbook, the captain and lieutenant, of almost a daily occurrence of the wind and the elements and unexpected accidents and remarkable incidents. And this was partly a way for the British Empire, which was during this age of ruthless expansion,

Yeah, so the Admiralty and the British Empire and the government required... the senior officers, all to keep a logbook, the captain and lieutenant, of almost a daily occurrence of the wind and the elements and unexpected accidents and remarkable incidents. And this was partly a way for the British Empire, which was during this age of ruthless expansion,

These documents provided a kind of encyclopedic knowledge of what the world was like, what these uncharted seas were like. All this was being fueled back to the empire for further trade and conquest. These documents were also very important documents.

These documents provided a kind of encyclopedic knowledge of what the world was like, what these uncharted seas were like. All this was being fueled back to the empire for further trade and conquest. These documents were also very important documents.

These documents provided a kind of encyclopedic knowledge of what the world was like, what these uncharted seas were like. All this was being fueled back to the empire for further trade and conquest. These documents were also very important documents.

Because if anything happened on a ship, let's say there was a mutiny or a shipwreck or something went wrong, they would become entered into evidence at a court-martial, and officers were instructed not to alter them or to edit them because it raised suspicions.

Because if anything happened on a ship, let's say there was a mutiny or a shipwreck or something went wrong, they would become entered into evidence at a court-martial, and officers were instructed not to alter them or to edit them because it raised suspicions.

Because if anything happened on a ship, let's say there was a mutiny or a shipwreck or something went wrong, they would become entered into evidence at a court-martial, and officers were instructed not to alter them or to edit them because it raised suspicions.

And some of the logbooks of the wager survived the wreck, and you actually got to read them. What was that like?

And some of the logbooks of the wager survived the wreck, and you actually got to read them. What was that like?

And some of the logbooks of the wager survived the wreck, and you actually got to read them. What was that like?

Oh, yeah. I mean, it's hard to fathom how some of these documents survived typhoons and the tidal waves and the shipwreck and made it back. And you can hold these incredibly brittle documents from the 18th century. You know, you open them up in a box and you pull them out. You know, dust just blows out of them. The covers are almost disintegrating.

Oh, yeah. I mean, it's hard to fathom how some of these documents survived typhoons and the tidal waves and the shipwreck and made it back. And you can hold these incredibly brittle documents from the 18th century. You know, you open them up in a box and you pull them out. You know, dust just blows out of them. The covers are almost disintegrating.

Oh, yeah. I mean, it's hard to fathom how some of these documents survived typhoons and the tidal waves and the shipwreck and made it back. And you can hold these incredibly brittle documents from the 18th century. You know, you open them up in a box and you pull them out. You know, dust just blows out of them. The covers are almost disintegrating.

But they are a wealth of information and let you to really meticulously reconstruct this expedition from day to day. There are muster books, there are log books, there are journals, and much more.