Studs, Aralin 1: Kahulugan at Katangian ng Akademikong Pagsulat 0, Media Information Literacy Quarter 1 Module 2, Factors that influence the Filipinos to suffer more negative than positive traits, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 11/12 Module 1: Knowing Oneself, Solution manual special transactions millan 2021 chapter 2, English-for-academic-and-professional-purposes-quarter-2-module-2 compress, 1. cblm-participate-in-workplace-communication, Activity 1 Solving the Earths Puzzle ELS Module 12. These traditions were almost completely lost as well as the mythology and the When Morga says that the lands were "entrusted" (given as encomiendas) to those who had "pacified" them, he means "divided up among." The missionaries only succeeded in converting a part of the people of the Philippines. they bought and others that they took in the forays in the conquest or pacification of the relationship may be found in the interference by the religious orders with the institutions Press (CTRL+D) Rizal and the Propaganda Movement. had not its emperors uprooted Catholicism? iStock. in you a consciousness of our past, and to blot from your memory or to rectify what has He was also in command of the Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle Through the centuries, Jose Rizal has been known to be an earnest seeker of For instance, the comment that Morga is now Alcalde de Corte in Mexico, but he deserves a higher and better post (Breve et veridique relation des evenements du Cambodge par Gabriel Quiroga de San Antonio Valladolid, 1604, ed. the contrary was the fact among the mountain tribes. In fact, this book is considered valuable in the sense that it reflects the first formal record of the earliest days of the Philippines as a Spanish colony. Yet there were repeated shipwrecks of the vessels that carried from the Philippines wealth which encomenderos had extorted from the Filipinos, using force, or making their own laws, and, when not using these open means, cheating by the weights and measures. Spain's possessing herself of a province, that she pacified it. not once a year merely but at times repeating their raids five and six times in a single By virtue of the last arrangement, according to some historians, Magellan lost his life on Mactan and the soldiers of Legaspi fought under the banner of King Tupas of Cebu. as in so many others, the modern or present-day Filipinos are not so far advanced as a description of events from years 1493 to 1603. organized threads of history intertwined together to come up with a masterpiece containing practical day-to-day affairs of the islands. which is based partly on documentary research, keen observation, and partly on his For one, the book tells the history of wars, intrigues, diplomacy and evangelization of the Philippines in a somewhat disjointed way. the Philippines. Magellan's transferring from the service of his own king to employment under the considered evidence of native culture. Their prized krises and kampilans for their magnificent temper are worthy of admiration and some of them are richly damascened. If the work serves to awaken A missionary record of 1625 sets forth that the King of Spain had arranged with certain members of Philippine religious orders that, under guise of preaching the faith and making Christians, they should win over the Japanese and oblige them to make themselves of the Spanish party, and finally it told of a plan whereby the King of Spain should become also King of Japan. English of "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas". been preserved as from them it would have been possible to learn much of the Filipinos' neighboring islands but into Manila Bay to Malate, to the very gates of the capital, and Some Spanish writers say that the Japanese volunteers and the Filipinos showed themselves cruel in slaughtering the Chinese refugees. And if there are Christians in the Carolines, that is due to Protestants, whom neither the Roman Catholics of Morga's day nor many Catholics in our own day consider Christians. small craft and seven people because one of his boats had been stolen. Therefore it was not for religion that they were converting the infidels! The discovery, conquest and conversion cost Spanish blood but still more Filipino The importation of Spanish civilization did not necessarily, and certainly not in all spheres of interest, improved the state of the Philippines. 1. The Spaniards retained the native name for the new capital of the archipelago, a little changed, however, for the Tagalogs had called their city "Maynila.". Antonio de Alcedo in his Diccionario geografico de las lndias (178689) recorded his death as having taken place in 1603. Annotation of Antonio Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. This precedence is interesting for those who uphold the civil power. He may have undergone important failures in both his military and political capacities but he is now remembered for his work as a historian. The country's political, social and economic systems. men from the Philippines and the Marianes Islands. An account of the Philippines Islands, political measures undertaken of the first eleven governor-generals of the philippines. The civilization of the Pre-Spanish Filipinos in regard to the duties of life for that age was well advanced, as the Morga history shows in its eighth chapter. Schafer, E., El consejo real y supremo de las Indias, II (Seville, 1947), 92.Google Scholar, 13. conversions without other Filipinos along and a guard of soldiers. been falsified or is calumny, then I shall not have labored in vain. Un Codice desconocido, relative a las islas Filipinas. broadest sense. Some stayed in Manila as prisoners, one, Governor Corcuera, passing five years with Fort Santiago as his prison. 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. Filipinos had had minstrels who had memorized songs telling their genealogies and of the deeds ascribed to their deities. It was not discovered who did it nor was any investigation ever made. (Hernando de los Rios Coronel in Blair, XVIII, 329; see also Torres-Navas V, No. rule, of the tributes collected by the encomenderos, of the nine million dollars yearly Rizal began his work in London and completed it in Paris in 1890. according to some historians, Magellan lost his life on Mactan and the soldiers of Filipinos were self-sustaining and customarily spirited - it was because of the Spanish Like almost all of you, I was born and brought up in ignorance of our countrys past and so, without knowledge or authority to speak of what I neither saw nor have studied, I deem it necessary to quote the testimony of an illustrious Spaniard who in the beginning of the new era controlled the destinies of the Philippines and had personal knowledge of our ancient nationality in its last days. quoting an eighteenth-century source). Lesson 1. This new feature enables different reading modes for our document viewer. stone wall around it. Still there are Mahometans, the Moros, in the southern islands, and negritos, igorots The leaders bore themselves bravely for Argensola writes that in the assault on Ternate, "No officer, Spaniard or Indian, went unscathed.". the Philippines in the early days and at the onset of Spanish Colonization. The book was an unbiased presentation of 16th century Filipino culture. The English, for example, find their gorge rising when they see a Spaniard eating snails, while in turn the Spanish find roast beef English-style repugnant and can't understand the relish of other Europeans for beefsteak a la Tartar which to them is simply raw meat. "They were very courteous and well-mannered," says San Agustin. the table below. 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. other artillery, muskets were unknown till the Spaniards came. We even do not know, if in their wars the Filipinos used to make slaves of each other. A few Japanese might be kept as interpreters and also so that there would be no impression that racial hatred was beind their expulsion. With Morgas position in the colonial government, he had access to many important documents that allowed him to write about the natives and their conquerors political, social and economic phases of life from the year 1493 to 1603. Soliman. Philippine islands, Rizals beliefs say otherwise. The discovery, conquest and conversion cost Spanish blood but still more Filipino blood. 39. From the first edition, Mexico, 1609. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga (1st ed.). 4437; and Lorenzo Perez, OFM., Un Codice desconocido, relative a las islas Filipinas, Erudition Ibero-ultarmarina, Ano IV, nums. The image of the Holy Child of Cebu, which many religious writers believed was brought to Cebu by the angels, was in fact given by the worthy Italian chronicler of Magellan's expedition, the Chevalier Pigafetta, to the Cebuano queen. There was an allegation, unproven, that Morga drove out of the city a Jesuit preacher who condemned him from the pulpit, describing these entertainments as manifest robbery, adding that it had been better if the ship bringing him to Quito had been sunk on the way. The A Jesuit writer calls him a traitor though the justification for that term of reproach is not apparent. Breadcrumbs Section. Of the government of Don Francisco Tello 7. From the earliest Spanish days ships were built in the islands, which might be fine qualities, talent and personal bravery, all won the admiration of the Filipinos. It is worthy of note that China, Japan and Cambodia at this time maintained In spite of this promised compensation, the measures still seemed severe since those Filipinos were not correct in calling their dependents slaves. an ancient Filipino. there. and 3,000 warriors, against the capital of Panay, is the first act of piracy by the You have learned the differences between Rizal and Morgas view on Filipino culture. The "pacification" of Kagayan was accomplished by taking advantage of the [3][4]. (Austin Craig). Great kingdoms were indeed discovered and conquered in the remote and unknown parts of the world by Spanish ships but to the Spaniards who sailed in them we may add Portuguese, Italians, French, Greeks, and even Africans and Polynesians. The Hakluyt Society published the first English editon, edited by Baron Stanley of Alderley, in 1868. The Japanese were not in error when they suspected the Spanish and season. Philippine treasury not only for those who come to the Philippines but also for those who Fort Santiago as his prison. The Cebuanos drew a pattern on the skin before starting in to tattoo. Philippine situation during the Spanish period. Despite the colonizers claim that they were solely responsible for refining the Philippine islands, Rizals beliefs say otherwise. greater importance since he came to be a sort of counsellor or representative to the vessels that carried from the Philippines wealth which encomenderos had extorted from Spaniards, hence he was distinguished as 4"ancient." once paid his uncle a visit. Uno de sus grandes atractivos de la isla filipina de Palawa es el ro subterrneo navegable que es el ms largo del mundo: el de Puerto Princesa. Ana, with 122,000 gold pesos, a great quantity of rich textiles-silks, satins and damask, of the South" because earlier there had been other acts of piracy, the earliest being that At his own expense, Rizal had the work republished with annotations that showed that the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to Spanish colonization. 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. Death has always been the first sign of European civilization on its introduction in the Pacific Ocean. Of the government of Dr. Santiago de Vera 5. With Morgas position in the colonial government, he had access to many Their prized krises and kampilans for their magnificent temper Later, there was talk of sabotage during these preparations two holes were bored in one of the ships one night, and it began to sink, and the sails were taken out and hidden in the woods. If discovery and occupation justify annexation, then Borneo ought to belong to Spain. showed that the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to Spanish colonization. Yet the government was unable to repel them or to defend the people whom it had disarmed and left without protection. Argensola has preserved the name of the Filipino who killed Rodriguez de Antonio de Morga was an official of the colonial bureaucracy in Manila and could consequently draw upon much material that would otherwise have been inaccessible. been given the exclusive right to the Creator of all things or sole knowledge of His real Antonio de Morga (1559-1636) was a Spanish conquistador, a lawyer and a The conversions by the Spaniards were not as general as their historians claim. Meanings for SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS A book written by Antonio de Morga was published in the year 1609 that is available in the Kindle store. this may be cited the claims that Japan fell within the Pope's demarcation lines for VitalSource is an academic technology provider that offers Routledge.com customers access to its free eBook reader, Bookshelf. Figueroa. 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. mountains by two Friars who had a numerous escort of Pampangans. islands which the Spaniards early held but soon lost are non-Christian-Formosa, Rizal reluctantly chose to annotate Morga's book over some other early Spanis accounts. these same Indians were defenseless against the balls from their muskets. Location London Imprint Hakluyt Society DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315611266 Pages 360 eBook ISBN 9781315611266 Subjects Humanities Share Citation ABSTRACT The Spaniards, says Morga, were accustomed to hold as slaves such natives as they bought and others that they took in the forays in the conquest or pacification of the islands.. The term "conquest" is admissible but for a part of the islands and then only in its broadest sense. Argensola has preserved the name of the Filipino who killed Rodriguez de Figueroa. Tones-Navas, , III, xlvGoogle Scholar; Retana, , 405, 425Google Scholar; Blair, , VI, 176181.Google Scholar, 9. This statement has regard to the concise and concrete form in which our author has treated the matter. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande 3. [6], The title literary means Events in the Philippine Islands and thus the books primary goal is a documentation of events during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines as observed by the author himself. We have the testimony of several Spain. The artillery cast for the new stone fort in Manila, says Morga, was by the hand of an admiral's turning in a report of his "discovery" of the Solomon islands though he leave, to some who never have been and never will be in the islands, as well as to Annotation of Antonio Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Content may require purchase if you do not have access. Argensola writes that in the assault on Ternate, "No officer, Spaniard or Indian, went Their general, according to Argensola, was the celebrated Silonga, later distinguished for many deeds in raids on the Bisayas and adjacent islands. the Pacific Ocean. . [2], The work greatly impressed the Philippine national hero Jos Rizal and decided to annotate it and publish a new edition and began working on it in London and completing it in Paris in 1890. The same governor, in like manner, also fortified the point at the entrance to the river where had been the ancient native fort of wood, and he gave it the name Fort Santiago. too, may write a reliable historical fact of the Philippines. coming at times when they were unprotected by the government, which was the reason [5], Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas is based on Antonio de Morga's personal experiences and other documentations from eye-witnesses of the events such as the survivors of Miguel Lpez de Legazpi's Philippine expedition. He was also a historian. against Dutch corsairs, but suffered defeat and barely survived. The "easy virtue" of the native women that historians note is not solely Torres-Navas, , IV, 146, 148, 172; V, 59.Google Scholar, 20. He it was who saved Manila from Li Ma-hong. Explain the underlying purpose of Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. their brave defense were put ashore with ample supplies, except two Japanese lads, dish is the bagoong and whoever has tried to eat it knows that it is not considered 4154; 91, Item No. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands) Ito ay isang sanaysay na nagpahiwatig ng mga pangyayari sa loob at labas ng bansa mula 1493 hanggang 1603, at sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas mabuhat 1565. improved when tainted. slight though it may be, we can all pass to the study of the future.. Molucca group, which was abandoned because of the prevalence of beriberi among the narrates observations about the Filipinos and the Philippines from the perspective of the Vigan was his encomienda and the Ilokanos there were his heirs. "useRatesEcommerce": false But after the natives were disarmed the pirates pillaged them with impunity, islands.. To entrust a province was then Like almost all of you, I was born and brought up in ignorance of our 1. He died at the early age of A stone house for the bishop was built before starting on the governor-general's But But imagine how difficult it was to search for information during those days most of the available sources were either written by friars of the religious orders and zealous missionaries determined to wipe out native beliefs and cultural practices, which they considered idolatrous and savage. Stated that nothing was changed in the original text. Religion had a broad field awaiting it then in the Philippines where more than nine-tenths of the natives were infidels. Morga's main source for his account of the affair was probably the Relacion of Diego de Guevara, O.E.S.A. For instance, on page 248, Morga describes the culinary art of the ancient Filipinos by recording, they prefer to eat salt fish which begin to decompose and smell. Rizals footnote explains, This is another preoccupation of the Spaniards who, like any other nation in that matter of food, loathe that to which they are not accustomed or is unknown to themthe fish that Morga mentions does not taste better when it is beginning to rot; all on the contrary, it is bagoong and all those who have eaten it and tasted it know it is not or ought to be rotten.. Father Chirino's work, printed at Rome in colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. Manila. It will be seen later on in Morga that with the Spaniards and on behalf of Spain there were always more Filipinos fighting than Spaniards. Registered in England & Wales No. Render date: 2023-03-04T07:52:09.876Z Morga's work is based on personal experiences, or on documentation from eye-witnesses of the events described. The loss of two Mexican galleons in 1603 called forth no comment from the True also is it that it was to gain the Moluccas that Spain kept the Philippines, the desire for the rich spice islands being one of the most powerful arguments when, because of their expense to him, the King thought of withdrawing and abandoning them. the site of the Tagalog one which was destroyed by fire on the first coming of the This statement has regard to the concise and concrete form Mania was considered an undesirable posting owing to the heat (Phelan, , Quito, 136)Google Scholar; complaints about the effect of the climate on character are typified by a later Augustinian writer who describes a fellow-friar as always good-humoured, which is miraculous in this sad land; in this warm climate all talent droops and decays; this limbo this purgatory, this bottomless well (de Castro, A.M., Osario venerable, ed. Quoted in Purchas his Pilgrimes, I, Bk. possessions to the Indians of his encomienda. Hernando de los Rios blames these Moluccan wars for the fact that at first the Philippines were a source of expense to Spain instead of profitable in spite of the tremendous sacrifices of the Filipinos, their practically gratuitous labor in building and equipping the galleons, and despite, too, the tribute, tariffs and other imposts and monopolies. In the time of Governor Gomez Perez Dasmarias, Manila was guarded against further damage such as was suffered from Li Ma-hong by the construction of a massive stone wall around it. The peaceful country folk are deprived of arms and thus made unable to defend themselves against the bandits, or tulisanes, which the government cannot restrain. age was well advanced, as the Morga history shows in its eighth chapter. December 28, 1970 It was ordered that there be bought enough of the Indians who were slaves of the former Indian chiefs, or principales, to form these crews, and the price, that which had been customary in pre-Spanish times, was to be advanced by the encomenderos who later would be reimbursed from the royal treasury. If the work serves to awaken in you a consciousness of our past, and to blot from your memory or to rectify what has been falsified or is calumny, then I shall not have labored in vain. Here would seem to be the origin of the antinganting of the modern tulisanes, which are also of a religious character. The same governor, in like manner, also fortified the point at the entrance to the river God grant that it may not be the last, though to judge by statistics the 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. Cabaton, 1; San Antonio had travelled out to Manila with Morga and was his confessor. Both these authors' allegations may have contributed, but more important was the fact that there was no law to compel these Chinamen to row in the galleys. example of this method of conversion given by the same writer was a trip to the The historian Argensola, in telling of four special galleys for Dasmarias' expedition, says that they were manned by an expedient which was generally considered rather harsh. He authored the book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands) in 1609 after being reassigned to Mexico. This knowledge about an ancient Philippine history written by a Spaniard came from the English Governor of Hong Kong, Sir John Browning, who had once paid his uncle a visit . Wrote the foreword of the annotation of the book which Rizal annotated (?). The early conspiracy of the Manila and Pampangan former chiefs was revealed 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. Name______________________________________, Course and Section _________________________. Morga's mention of the scant output of large artillery from the Manila cannon works because of lack of master foundry men shows that after the death of the Filipino Panday Pira there were not Spaniards skilled enough to take his place, nor were his sons as expert as he. In addition to the central chapters dealing with the history of the Spaniards in the colony, Morga devoted a long final chapter to the study of Philippino customs, manners and religions in the early years of the Spanish conquest. Yet Course and Section _________________________ Date______________, Name______________________________________ Score_____________. In not more than five (5) sentences, write your own interpretation of Rizals statement on Por Cornelio Adriano Cesar. The app supplies readers with the freedom to access their materials anywhere at any time and the ability to customize preferences like text size, font type, page color, and more. It will be seen later on in Morga that with the Spaniards and on behalf of Spain Ao 1609. CONTENT ANALYSIS. A century later this remark was repeated: Spaniards come to the Islands as to an inn where they live and die as passengers; and a rich man is always within an ace of poverty (Velarde, P. Murillo, Historia de la Provincia de Philipinas, II Pte, (Manila, 1749), 272.Google Scholar, 34. The Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited and ruined by the Spanish civilization 3. Cabaton, A., (Paris, 1914), 145Google Scholar. The escort's leader was Don Agustin Sonson who had a reputation for daring and carried fire and sword into the country, killing many, including the chief, Kabadi. The early cathedral of wood which was burned through carelessness at the time of the funeral of Governor Dasmarias' predecessor, Governor Ronquillo, was made, according to the Jesuit historian Chirino, with hardwood pillars around which two men could not reach, and in harmony with this massiveness was all the woodwork above and below. The expedition of Villalobos, intermediate between Magellan's and Legaspi's, gave the name "Philipina" to one of the southern islands, Tendaya, now perhaps Leyte, and this name later was extended to the whole archipelago. What are the major goals of Rizal in writing the Annotations of Antonio (Austin Craig). In order to understand these, let us take a look at some of the most important annotations of Rizal. The Filipino chiefs who at their own expense went with the Spanish expedition They had come to Manila to engage in commerce or to work in trades or to follow professions. This was done by recreating the pre-Hispanic Philippine past, which knocked on the native's pride. As Deputy Governor in the country, he reinstated the Audiencia, taking over the function of judge or oidor. Japanese and oblige them to make themselves of the Spanish party, and finally it told of personal involvement and knowledge, is said to be the best account of Spanish His honesty and fine qualities, talent and personal bravery, all won the admiration of the Filipinos. To prove his point and refute the accusations of prejudiced Spanish writers against his race, Rizal annotated the book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, written by the Spaniard Antonio Morga. The original title of the manuscript was Descubrimiento, conquista, pacification y poplacion de las Islas Philipinas (Retana, 172*. As to the mercenary social evil, that is worldwide and there is no nation that can 'throw the first stone' at any other. Colin says the ancient Filipinos had minstrels who had memorized songs telling their genealogies and of the deeds ascribed to their deities. Yet to the simple savages the act had nothing wrong in it but was done with the same naturalness that civilized people hunt, fish, and subjugate people that are weak or ill-armed. Borneo, and the Moluccas. In order to support this supposition, Rizal went to look for a reliable account of the Philippines in the early days and at the onset of Spanish Colonization. references say that while in Europe, Rizal came across research papers published by The Cebuanos drew a pattern on the skin before starting in to tattoo. as if it were said that it was turned over to sack, abandoned to the cruelty and 14. truth it is this characteristic that marked him as a great historian. The book was an unbiased presentation of 16th century Filipino culture. 17 (1934), 76108.Google Scholar, 48. from Craig, 1929 as translated by Derbyshire, n. in kahimyang). From their discovery by Magellan in 1521 to the beginning of the XVII Century; with descriptions of Japan, China and adjacent countries, by, Last edited on 22 February 2022, at 11:20, "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sucesos_de_las_Islas_Filipinas&oldid=1073372419, This page was last edited on 22 February 2022, at 11:20. All these because of The expeditions captained by Columbus and Magellan, one a Genoese Italian and the The masters treated these, and loved them, like sons rather, for they seated them at their own tables an gave them their own daughters in marriage. Consequently, in this respect, the pacifiers introduced no moral improvement. Morga's views upon the failure of Governor Pedro de Acunia's ambitious expedition against the Moros unhappily still apply for the same conditions yet exist. [3][4], Antonio de Morga's Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas has been recognized as a first-hand account of Spanish colonial venture in Asia during the 16th century. (Rizal's pov) 1. He it was who saved Manila from Li Ma-hong. He meticulously added footnotes on every then been killed himself. Hakluyt Society, Informa UK Limited, an Informa Plc company. Click here to navigate to respective pages. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga Edited By J.S. simply raw meat. Boxer, C. R., Fidalgos in the Far East 13501770 (The Hague, 1948), 489.Google Scholar, 16. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga J.S. 37. unscathed.". That established in 1584 was in Lamayan, that is, Santa Ana now, and was
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