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- Title:
- A New 100 Years Begins
- Date Created:
- 2021-01-27
- Description:
- In 1665 when the second century of Filipinas as a Spanish colony began, there were four groups being fed: the colonisers; the Christianised natives; the Chinese traders and overseas migrant workers; and the pagans. The Conquista (Conquest) was still on-going. The archipelago had not been pacified fully. Areas had not been reached and among those that had, there were revolts ignited by abuses, some of them because they threatened the food supply. Raids by Borneans and Dutch furthered instability. The colony was in need of Spanish settlers to develop the islands. Instead they came wanting to make a fortune from the galleon trade and then leave. Even Spanish farmers given privileges by the Crown opted to trade. Promising lands mostly remained uncultivated. Indios had to provide the colonisers and themselves food. Parishes founded by missionaries aided food security. Chinese were brought in to increase the food supply by cultivating kitchen gardens, labouring in fields, salt farming, baking bread, and importing temperate clime culinary supplies. The Chinese had to feed themselves and as they became Christian and married indias, they strengthened the colony’s food providing capacity. Pagans continued to live off the land with some cultivation in their territories. Interaction among the four groups was meagre with missionaries being the common link at this point in time.
- Subjects:
- Philippines -- History -- 1521-1896 Philippines -- Colonization Food security Labor
- Exhibition:
- 100 Minus 8
- Source:
- Protection of Manila, meaning the walled-in city now a tourist attraction, was the foremost concern. In 1671 the map made by the Dominican theologian, mathematician, navigator and oceanographer Fr. Ignacio Muñoz in 1663 was published. It served as a guide for demolishing buildings too close to the security walls. Nearby pueblos like Quiapo, Binondo, Bagumbayan were still lightly populated. Archivo General de Indias, Seville.
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- Image;Still Image
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "A New 100 Years Begins", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll179.html