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- Title:
- Lucky Manila
- Date Created:
- 2021-04-21
- Description:
- The pirates depended on good weather to conduct their mischief. They were closing in on Manila. At Mindoro they hunted wild hog and beef but could not capture any. On February 23 they took a Spanish vessel heading for Manila from Pangasinan. It was laden with rice to feed sailors from Mexico during their layover in Cavite. It also carried cotton cloth to make sails. The pirates saw Luzon’s savannahs well stocked with cattle, especially buffalo. The natives lived in towns. Manila Bay was large enough to take hundreds of ships. Usually there were 20 to 40 Chinese “jonks”. The season for successful operations near Manila had however passed, so the mutineers went away to wait for May when an Acapulco galleon would be around for their taking. They anchored at Pulo Condore near Cambodia with a Chinese vessel carrying pepper from Sumatra. 2 pirates died from [food or wine] poisoning in Mindanao. Heading back to capture a galleon, they were driven north instead and experienced Batanes cooking.
- Subjects:
- Galleons -- Philippines Côn Sơn Island (Vietnam) Hunting Voyages and travels
- Exhibition:
- Dampier 1686
- Source:
- View of Manila. Noveau voyage autour du monde (A New Voyage Around the World) by William Dampier. 1698.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Lucky Manila", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll205.html