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- Title:
- Traitor’s Birthplace?
- Description:
- When Fernando Magallanes left his birthplace of Sabrosa town in the district of Villa Real of northern Portugal, and became a Spanish citizen he was branded a traitor to Portugal. Worse was that he belonged to the minor nobility, and while young had dwelt in the Lisbon palace as a page to Portuguese Princess Leonor de Viseu. He had distinguished himself in the Portuguese military and maritime service, even reaching Malacca under Alfonso d’Albuquerque who sought to expand the Portuguese empire. Magallanes was no stranger to Asia when he got to the Philippines in 1521. He would have known bananas, coconuts, and other foods that a European crew could live on when food loaded in Spain ran out. Pigafetta had never been to insular Southeast Asia and was so curious about the foreign food and culture he found. Magellan’s birthplace.
- Subjects:
- Fernando Magallanes birthplace Portugal Villa Real Sabrosa
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Source:
- Quincy Castillo, Camera Club of the PHILIPPINES.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Traitor’s Birthplace?", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll021.html