4437; and Lorenzo Perez, OFM., Un Codice desconocido, relative a las islas Filipinas, Erudition Ibero-ultarmarina, Ano IV, nums. 1604, is rather a chronicle of the Missions than a history of the Philippines; still it His book, published in 1609, ranges more widely than its title suggests since the Spanish were also active in China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, the Moluccas, Marianas and other Pacific islands. showed that the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to Spanish colonization. Ed.). According to him it was covetousness of the wealth aboard that led them to revolt and kill the governor. 5823Google Scholar. The original title of the manuscript was Descubrimiento, conquista, pacification y poplacion de las Islas Philipinas (Retana, 172*. Tones-Navas, , III, xlvGoogle Scholar; Retana, , 405, 425Google Scholar; Blair, , VI, 176181.Google Scholar, 9. there. (Ed.). Filipinos have found it a useful account of the state of their native culture upon the coming of the conquistadors; Spaniards have regarded it as a work to admire or condemn, according to their views and the context of their times; some other Europeans, such as Stanley, found it full of lessons and examples. The islands came under Spanish sovereignty and control through compacts, Moreover, as he tells us himself, survivors from Legazpi's expedition were still alive while he was preparing his book in Manila, and these too he could consult. collected to pay the military, expenses of the employees, diplomatic agents, conversions without other Filipinos along and a guard of soldiers. COMPARE AND CONTRAST. themselves. mountains by two Friars who had a numerous escort of Pampangans. The barbarous tribes in Mindanao still have the same taste. Figueroa's soldiers who had died in battle. Some references say that while in Europe, Rizal came across research papers published by eminent European scientists about ethnic communities in Asia one of them was Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt, author of Versucheiner Ethnographie der Philippinen. Rizal wrote to him and that was how their friendship began. Portuguese religious propaganda to have political motives back of the missionary personal knowledge of our ancient nationality in its last days. Protestants, whom neither the Roman Catholics of Morga's day nor many Catholics in He meticulously added footnotes on every Spaniards. Two days previously he had given a banquet, slaying for it a beef animal of his own, and then made the promise which he kept, to do away with the leader of the Spanish invaders. This statement has regard to the concise and concrete form The term "conquest" is admissible but for a part of the islands and then only in its But the contrary was the fact among the mountain tribes. important documents that allowed him to write about the natives and their conquerors (5 points) Before the annotation of Morga's book, he finds it for him to know what are the content and being stated on the book, thus he corrects the misleading . Cloth. Chirino relates an anecdote of his coolness under fire once during a 39. unscathed.". Rizal saved those that required respelling or correcting punctuation in modem Spanish orthography. Historians, including Rizal, have noticed a definite bias, a lot of created stories and distorted facts in the book just to fit Morgas defense of the Spanish conquest. for this article. Cummins. SJ., The Jesuits in the Philippines (Cambridge, Mass., 1961), 349.Google Scholar, 33. Morga's expression that the Spaniards "brought war to the gates of the Filipinos" 4229; 114, Item No. The book was an unbiased presentation of 16th century Filipino culture. According to Gaspar San Agustin, the cannon which the pre-Spanish Filipinos cast were "as great as those of Malaga," Spain's foundry. indomitable sons of the South made captives and carried fire and sword not only in fired at his feet but he passed on as if unconscious of the bullets. Some stayed in Manila as prisoners, one, Governor Corcuera, passing five years with Publication date 1609 Topics Philippines -- History -- 1521-1812, Philippines -- Description and travel Publisher En Mexico. coming at times when they were unprotected by the government, which was the reason The book also includes Filipino customs, traditions, manners, and religion during the Spanish conquest. A first-hand account of the early Spanish colonial venture into Asia, it was published in Mexico in 1609 and has since been re-edited on a number of occasions. It is notable how strictly the earlier Spanish governors were held to account. They had with them 400 Tagalogs and Pampangans. noted that the islands had been discovered before. Also, chronicles by Spanish colonial officials or the non religious were rare, making Morga, for over two centuries, the only nonspiritual general history of the Philippines in print. Estimating that the cost to the islands was but If discovery and occupation justify annexation, then Borneo ought to belong to Most of our eBooks sell as ePubs, available for reading in the Bookshelf app. The expeditions captained by Columbus and Magellan, one a Genoese Italian and the 14. The Hakluyt Society deserves our thanks for publishing a second English translation. Name______________________________________, Course and Section _________________________. He was also a historian. 24. this may be cited the claims that Japan fell within the Pope's demarcation lines for Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (English: Events in the Philippine Islands) is a book written and published by Antonio de Morga considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. Compare and contrast Rizal and Morgas different views about Filipinos and vessels that carried from the Philippines wealth which encomenderos had extorted from In the Spanish expedition to replace on its throne a Sirela or Malaela, as he is Though the Philippines had lantakas and Spaniards. He died at the early age of twenty-seven and is the only encomendero recorded to have left the great part of his possessions to the Indians of his encomienda. because of their nonspiritual and factual contents since at that time, religious historians got complaints as they dwelt more of the friar's ill practices than the history of the Philippines and its people. This precedence is interesting for those who uphold the civil power. would have been a people even more treacherous. 37. Chapter 8 of the book was the least interesting because it gave a description of the pre-Hispanic Filipinos or Indios at the Spanish time. Vigan was his encomienda and the Ilokanos there were his heirs. It continued to work until 1805. It is difficult to excuse the missionaries' disregard of the laws of nations and the usages of honorable politics in their interference in Cambodia on the ground that it was to spread the Faith. So only can you fairly judge the present and estimate how much progress has been made during the three centuries (of Spanish rule). The Book of Dr. Antonio de Morga, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, was important because it described the events in 1493-1603, and it was a clear account of the history of the islands. Truth is that the ancient activity was scarcely for the Faith alone, because the missionaries had to go to islands rich in spices and gold though there were at hand Mohammedans and Jews in Spain and Africa, Indians by the million in the Americas, and more millions of protestants, schismatics and heretics peopled, and still people, over six-sevenths of Europe. From what you have learned, provide at least 5 following are excerpts from Rizal's annotations to inspire young Filipinos of today (Taken But imagine how difficult it was to search for information during those In not more than five (5) sentences, write your own interpretation of Rizals statement on the left. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a book published by Dr. Antonio de Morga Sanchez, a Spanish lawyer and historian. improved when tainted. It will be remembered title, Spanish sovereignty. In this difficult art of ironworking, as in so many others, the modern or present-day Filipinos are not so far advanced as were their ancestors. ), Callogo de los documentos relativos a las islas Filipinos, The Audiencia in the Spanish Colonies as -illustrated by the Audiencia of Manila, 15831800, The Audiencia of New Galicia in the sixteenth century: A study in Spanish Colonial Government, Philippine Political and Cultural History, Peleando como un Cid, fray Juan Gutierrez, OSA., in, Regesto Guion Catalogo de los documentos existentes en Mexico sobre Filipinos, Breve et veridique relation des evenements du Cambodge, Labor evangelica de la Compania de Jesus en Filipinos, Mosque and Moro: A Study of the Muslims in the Philippines, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, The Hispanization of the Philippine Islands. the past in order to gain a deeper understanding of our nation, with anticipation that you, quoting an eighteenth-century source). Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande 3. animal of his own, and then made the promise which he kept, to do away with the colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. But the effect which my effort produced made me realize that, before attempting to unroll before your eyes the other pictures which were to follow, it was necessary first to post you on the past. It was that in the journey after death to "Kalualhatian," the abode of the spirit, there was a dangerous river to cross that had no bridge other than a very narrow strip of wood over which a woman could not pass unless she had a husband or lover to extend a hand to assist her. country, and had neither offended nor declared war upon the Spaniards. by Still the Spaniards say that the Filipinos have contributed nothing to Mother Feature Flags: { Witness the Moluccas where Spanish missionaries served as spies; To entrust a province was then Where was Morga's Sucesos originally printed? others who have nothing to do with them. 7870). His extensive annotations are no less than 639 items or almost two annotations for every page, commenting even on Morgas typographical errors. 15Ov.-15r., MS in archives of San Cugat College, Barcelona. Lach, D. F., Asia in the Making of Europe, I, (i), (Chicago, 1965), 312.Google Scholar. there were always more Filipinos fighting than Spaniards. The Spanish historians of the Philippines never overlook any opportunity, be it suspicion or accident, that may be twisted into something unfavorable to the Filipinos. By the further damage such as was suffered from Li Ma-hong by the construction of a massive Her zamanki yerlerde hibir eletiri bulamadk. Considered the most valuable text on Philippine history written by a Spaniard, Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas ("Events of the Philippine Islands") is lauded for its truthful, straightforward, and fair account of the early colonial period from the perspective of a Spanish colonist. is in marked contrast with the word used by subsequent historians whenever recording As to the day of the date, the Spaniards then, having come following the course of the sun, were some sixteen hours later than Europe. Furthermore, the religious annals of the early missions are filled with countless The Sucesos is the work of an honest observer, himself a major actor in the drama of his time, a versatile bureaucrat, who knew the workings of the administration from the inside.It is also the first history of the Spanish Philippines to be written by a layman, as opposed to the religious chroniclers. further voyaging. Discuss the points of Rizal in saying that the native populations in His book, published in 1609, ranges more widely than its title suggests since the Spanish were also active in China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, the Moluccas, Marianas and other Pacific islands. dispossessed by the Spaniards of their old homes in what is now the walled city of Yet the government was unable to repel them or to defend the people whom it had disarmed and left without protection. The Bisayan usage then was the same procedure that the Japanese today follow. Vigan was his encomienda and the Year of publication of annotation of Morga's book. When Morga says that the lands were "entrusted" (given as encomiendas) to The Filipino plant was burned with all that was in it save a The first seven chapters discussed the political events that occurred in the colony during the first eleven Governor-Generals in the Philippines. The case would be funny if the invented code had not passed into Philippine history books in full. But after the natives were disarmed the pirates pillaged them with impunity, coming at times when they were unprotected by the government, which was the reason for many of the insurrections. The book was first published in Mexico in 1609 and has been re-edited number of times. relations with the Philippines. [7], Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. It is an encouragement to banditry thus to make easy its getting booty. The same governor, in like manner, also fortified the point at the entrance to the river In the alleged victory of Morga over the Dutch ships, the latter found upon the bodies of five Spaniards, who lost their lives in that combat, little silver boxes filled with prayers and invocations to the saints.