71
«Turkeys had been domesticated by the Aztec Indians of Southern Mexico prior to the European discovery and were taken to Spain about 1519. From Spain they spread throughout Europe, reaching England about 1541. Some of these were taken to North America by early colonists and served as foundation stock, along with native wild turkeys in the development of six long established standard United States varieties».
. The Encyclopedia Britannica, Tomo XXII, p. 398.
72
Hiriberto García Rivas, Aportaciones de México al Mundo, I, p. 40.
73
Heriberto García Rivas, Aportaciones de México al Mundo, I, p. 50 y 51.
74
Ley XXIX Lib. VII Tit. I de la Recopilación de Leyes de Indias.
75
Heriberto García Rivas, Aportaciones de México al Mundo, I, p. 50 y 51.
76
Heriberto García Rivas, op. cit., pp. 6 y 7.
77
«Wheat raising in Alta California, to give a single example, was begun with a handful of seed sent by Kino
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from Mexico across the Arizona dessert to a giant Yuma Chieftain whom he had formerly visited in the Colorado River»
. Herbert Bolton, Rim of Christendom, p. 7.