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Turkeys were first exported to Europe via Spain around 1519, where they gained immediate popularity among the aristocratic classes. [23] Turkeys arrived in England in 1541. From there, English settlers brought turkeys to North America during the 17th century.
The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey.Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago, [1] recent research suggests a possible second domestication event in the area that is now the southwestern United States between ...
Turkeys were brought to Europe by early conquistadors returning from the New World, and were introduced to Britain – probably from Spain – in the early sixteenth century. [11] According to the Chronicle of the Kings of England of Richard Baker of 1643, this was in the fifteenth year of the reign of Henry VIII, or about 1524.
Turkeys are delicious, but there’s much more to these highly social and infinitely interesting animals. Here's a chance to bone up on your turkey trivia. 13 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Turkeys
Syria, Turkey: pets, research 1d Rodentia: Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti) the 20th century CE Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey: pets, research 1d Rodentia: Long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) the 1930s the Andes: fur, research, pets 1d Rodentia: Short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla) the 1930s the ...
William Strickland (died 8 December 1598) was an English landowner who sailed on early voyages of exploration to the Americas and is credited with introducing the turkey into England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In later life he was a prominent Puritan Member of Parliament .
These matings produced a bird that was larger and more robust than the European turkeys, and tamer than wild turkeys. Though the Bronze turkey type was created in the 18th century, the actual name was not used until the 1830s, when a strain developed in the U.S. state of Rhode Island was named the Point Judith Bronze.
In England, throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, goose or capon was commonly served, and the rich sometimes dined upon peacock and swan. [38] The turkey appeared on Christmas tables in England in the 16th century. [39] [40] The 16th-century farmer Thomas Tusser noted that by 1573 turkeys were commonly served at English Christmas dinners. [41]