{"title":"Some Insights into the Medical Situation on Board of Galleons Traveling across the Pacific Ocean in the Eighteenth Century","authors":"Angela Schottenhammer","doi":"10.1163/22879811-bja10073","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Crossing the early modern Pacific Ocean presented many challenges. This chapter seeks to provide some insights into the food provisions, diseases, and medical supplies found on board galleons. I will also discuss some aspects of transcultural medical knowledge transfer and introduce some results of our ongoing <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">ERC</span> AdG project <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">transpacific</span>.</p>","PeriodicalId":41200,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of World Histories","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian Review of World Histories","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22879811-bja10073","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Crossing the early modern Pacific Ocean presented many challenges. This chapter seeks to provide some insights into the food provisions, diseases, and medical supplies found on board galleons. I will also discuss some aspects of transcultural medical knowledge transfer and introduce some results of our ongoing ERC AdG project transpacific.