The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. According to R.D.
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