Pigafetta’s Philippine Picnic: Culinary Encounters During the First Circumnavigation, 1519-1522 (PRE-ORDER)

SYNOPSIS: 

PIGAFETTA'S PHILIPPINE PICNIC: Culinary Encounters During the First Circumnavigation, 1519-1522 is the story of brave explorers coping with unfamiliar foods and strange cultures in uncharted realms. They were on a royal mission to find a western route to the Spiceries for Spain. Antonio Pigafetta's experiences on the voyage serve as the heart of this narrative.

The state of Renaissance food preservation demanded that expeditions hunt, fish and harvest fresh supplies throughout a journey. Each ship of the Armada de Maluco carried enough provisions to last two years. The voyage extended to three during which rotten food and putrid water, shipwreck, mutiny/ ocean vastness, armed natives, and enemy ships triggered scurvy and starvation.

The Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521 when expedition leader Ferdinand Magellan died was a response to the threat of food insecurity confronting both combatants. Magellan demanded a food quota from islanders or their village would be torched.

Pigafetta, reveals that 16th-century Filipinos and other peoples of Island Southeast Asia had developed culinary systems founded on keen understanding of their natural surroundings. Coconut, guava, rice cooked in bamboo culms, rice and millet cakes wrapped in leaves, dainties using Javanese almond, as well as wines of coconut, nipa and rice were flavor memories he carried home as one of only 18 who survived the adventure

158 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2021

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THIS IS A ❗️PRE-ORDER ITEM❗️PRODUCT WILL BE SHIPPED IN THE END OF AUGUST-SEPTEMBER.

 If you are ordering an item that is currently in stock in the same order, the order will be held until the pre-ordered book or item arrives from the Philippines. Shipping of pre-ordered items from our partners in the Philippines to New York are scheduled to take place in May, August and November 2026 ONLY.

Once pre-ordered items ship and arrive from the Philippines to New York, items will be dispatched from New York to their final destination.

Due to the gas situation worldwide and especially in the Philippines, shipping of pre-ordered items are delayed and shipping from the Philippines has been set to ease our partner's in the Philippines.

Shipping during these 3 months for 2026 also allow our partnered local artisans from the Philippines such as our weavers, anitu sculptors, and brass pre-colonial gold replica jewelry pieces, the time needed they need to work on your one of a kind, handmade pieces. 

These pieces are all handmade by our local partners and traditional artisans, not mass produced. If you want a ready made and in stock clothing piece, figure, ceramic, or jewelry piece, if we have any available in stock and on hand, you purchase those. Every shipment from the Philippines we do order extra's to put up on the shop for those who want to keep an eye out for in stock items. 

❗️CURRENT SHIPPING❗️

If you are going to be pre-ordering an item and ordering an in stock item, two separate orders must be placed to guarantee arrival of in stock products within 2-3 weeks.

Our shipping days for in-stock items from New York are currently only being shipped at the beginning and end of each month. This allows time for packing and shipping items. Also due to the rising gas prices, we have decided to cut back on shipping days to make it easier on ourselves (two person team) to pack and deliver items to the Post Office 2x a month.