Letter shows depth of Admiral Nelson's seasickness

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Letter shows depth of Admiral Nelson's seasickness

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/letter-shows-depth-admiral-nelsons-seasickness-151123869.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q7gI2UMs.N5_.WR3.nfcXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-12T170444Z_1_CBRE8BB1BFY00_RTROPTP_2_NELSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Nelson's Column is seen in Trafalgar Square in London October 21, 2005. Wreaths were laid on Admiral.." align="left" title="Nelson's Column is seen in Trafalgar Square in London October 21, 2005. Wreaths were laid on Admiral.." border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - He was blind in one eye after besieging a French port and missing his right arm from another 18th century naval scrap and now a newly discovered letter has shown just how much British Admiral Horatio Nelson also suffered from seasickness. Writing to the Earl of Camden, the Secretary of State for War, in 1804 about the Camden's nephew who had abandoned a naval career due to seasickness, Nelson acknowledged his own struggles with the condition ever since joining the navy at the age of 12. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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