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- Title:
- Islands Of The West
- Description:
- For Spaniards during the Renaissance, Filipinas was a westward sail since their Papal-arbitrated covenant with rival maritime kingdom Portugal. Morga described natives not having quail but that Pugos (what he called “ponos”) were the substitute. There were wild cocks and very small chickens tasting like partridge. At the time there was no turkey, either. It was introduced from its native homeland, Mexico and other parts of the Americas. By the 1800s, turkey was Christmas fare for Spanish living in Manila. In 1815, the galleon trade ended because Mexico was fighting a war of independence from Spain. All Europeans sailed eastwards to The Isles of the West.
- Subjects:
- Renaissance Antonio Morga Pugo
- Exhibition:
- Antonio Morga 30
- Source:
- Detail from a Dutch map by Jodocus Hondius, 1608. It was exhibited at Metroplitan Museum of Manila in 2017 by PHIMCOS (Philippine Map Collectors Society). Upper right depicts Dutch and Spanish at war. This is the 25th food vignette based on the writings of Antonio Morga.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Islands Of The West", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll076.html