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- Title:
- Food to Sail Around the World
- Description:
- Five ships were selected to be the Armada de Maluco. Their destination was Maluco, also called the Spice Islands of today's Indonesia. Trinidad was the flagship with around 61 men to feed including Ferdinand Magellan, the fleet's chief. San Antonio the largest by tonnage had 57 men, the Concepcion where Sebastian Elcano was assigned had a crew of 44, the Victoria had 44, and the smallest ship the Santiago had 31. Daily rations were computed for 237 persons although the actual number sailing is uncertain because manifests are not identical. The food was to last two years. The fleet left on August 10, 1519. They should have food to last till August 9, 1521. Only the Victoria skippered by Elcano returned on September 6, 1522. Only 18 of the original voyagers survived. Hunger and starvation were enemies of all voyages, especially a voyage of exploration such as that of the Armada de Maluco.
- Subjects:
- Armada de Maluco Ferdinand Magellan Sebastian Elcano Trinidad San Antonio Concepcion Victoria Santiago Spice Islands Indonesia
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Source:
- Commemorative currency.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/png
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Food to Sail Around the World", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll001.html