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- Title:
- HUNGER
- Date Created:
- 2021-07-04
- Description:
- Midway through the second colonial century, cuisine of which we are seeking to uncover, the Philippine Governor-General was Field Marshal Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda. He arrived in 1717 but was assassinated in 1719 while in office, having made enemies for his severe sanctions to put colonial governance and its coffers in order. When he imprisoned the Manila Archbishop for upholding the right to sanctuary, the community was polarised and he died from the consequences. It seems the threat of hunger followed him. Around 1690 when he was mayor of Tlaxcala near Mexico City, he had to put down a revolt of 6,000 natives because the corn harvest had failed. He returned to Spain and supported Phillip V of the Bourbons in the War of Succession (1702-1713). By 1708 Bustamante was waiting to fill his new position as governor-general of Filipinas. Upon arrival in Manila finally in 1717, he had to deal with a severe rice shortage caused by locusts. His solution was to demand rice from provinces also suffering. He also arranged to import rice from Siam according to research by C. Pajaron Parody whose biography of Bustamante is published online by Real Academia dela Historia. Hunger remained a threat during the 1665 to 1764 era
- Subjects:
- Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda C. Pajaron Real Academia dela Historia Revolt
- Exhibition:
- Philippine Food 200
- Source:
- Detail from the Assasination of Governor-General Bustamante. Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo (1855-1913) Philippine Gallery of Art Collection
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "HUNGER", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll256.html
Rights
- Rights:
- public domain