The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving
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NOVEMBER 20, 2012
According to some sources, when the so-called Pilgrims settled in for the First Thanksgiving Dinner with the local Native Americans, in 1620, they dined on Turkey, and this Turkey came from the Old World, from stock that was originally brought to Spain by Columbus. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Kiva 78(1):37–60.
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