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  • Science show

On oarsmen and powder monkeys

This interactive lecture and science show looks at marine navigation in antiquity and in the 18th century.

  • Adults, Family and children, Young people
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Did people in antiquity think the Earth was flat or round? What culinary delights were served on an English warship? How do you keep the body of a dead admiral fresh until his funeral? We answer all these questions and more – spiced up with a bit of good humour. Which would you rather have been: an oarsman or a powder monkey? After the science show, you get to decide for yourself!

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