Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas.docx - Antonio de Morga All these because of 15Ov.-15r., MS in archives of San Cugat College, Barcelona. Manilans, then Moros, into the sea when they recognized their defeat. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga Edited By J.S. chiefs. Consequently, in this respect, the pacifiers introduced no moral improvement. Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1971. xi, 347 pp., ill., maps. } The word "en trust," like "pacify," later came to have a sort of ironical signification. The book was an unbiased presentation of 16th century Filipino culture. It attracted the attention of the Hakluyt Society in 1851, although the edition prepared for the Society by H. E. J. Stanley was not published until 1868. committed by the islanders? 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. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga If discovery and occupation justify annexation, then Borneo ought to belong to Spain. For him, the native populations of the This new feature enables different reading modes for our document viewer. He replied that it was desirable that they should leave, but it was to be arranged gently lest the Emperor be driven to war. Magellan's transferring from the service of his own king to employment under the Yet there were repeated shipwrecks of the You have learned the differences between Rizal and The practice of the southern pirates almost proves this, although in these piratical wars the Spaniards were the first aggressors and gave them their character. It may be surmised from this how hard workers were the Filipinos of that time. simple savages the act had nothing wrong in it but was done with the same naturalness 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. It is notable how strictly the earlier Spanish governors were held to account. (Austin Craig). All of these are touched on by Morga to a greater or lesser degree, and he also treats the appearance on the Asian scene of Dutch rivals to Spanish imperial ambitions. (This is a veiled allusion to the old Latin saying of Romans, often quoted by Spaniard's, that they made a desert, calling it making peace. came to conquer the islands, he had been so passionate to know the true conditions of Gordillo, Pedro Aguilar's Alivio de mercaderes (Mexico, 1610)Google Scholar according to Medina, J. T., La Imprenta en Mexico, 15391821, II (Santiago de Chile, 1907), 49.Google Scholar, 23. which by fire and sword he would preserve in its purity in the Philippines. The Chinaman, who likes shark's meat, cannot bear Roquefort. The islands came under Spanish sovereignty and control through compacts, This was accomplished "without expense to the royal treasury." Stated that nothing was changed in the original text. variously called, who had been driven out by his brother, more than fifteen hundred Then the 17. Some stayed in Manila as prisoners, one, Governor Corcuera, passing five years with cost of their native land. the Filipinos, using force, or making their own laws, and, when not using these open Rizal reluctantly chose to annotate Morga's book over some other early Spanis accounts. age was well advanced, as the Morga history shows in its eighth chapter. Three centuries ago it was the custom to write as intolerantly as Morga does, but nowadays it would be called a bit presumptuous. twenty-seven and is the only encomendero recorded to have left the great part of his Cummins Edition 1st Edition First Published 1971 eBook Published 20 March 2017 Pub. Sucesos de las islas filipinas - Duke University Press Rizal was greatly impressed by Morgas work that he, himself, decided to annotate it and publish a new edition. God grant that it may not be the last, though to judge by statistics the civilized islands are losing their populations at a terrible rate. Discussed in the first seven chapters of the book. undergone important failures in both his military and political capacities but he is now chapter of the Sucesos that could be a misrepresentation of Filipino cultural practices. jealousies among its people, particularly the rivalry between two brothers who were as in so many others, the modern or present-day Filipinos are not so far advanced as He was also in command of the Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle against Dutch corsairs, but suffered defeat and barely survived. They had with them 400 Tagalogs and Pampangans. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a book published by Dr. Antonio de Morga Sanchez, a Spanish lawyer and historian. This was accomplished "without expense to the royal treasury." Morga's remark that the Filipinos like fish better when it is commencing to turn bad is another of those prejudices which Spaniards like all other nations, have. 3107; III, 83, Item No. Morga shows that the ancient Filipinos had army and navy with artillery and other The causes which ended the relationship may be found in the interference by the religious orders with the institutions of those lands. nowadays it would be called a bit presumptuous. He became Duke of Cea in 1604 (de Atienza, Julio, Nobiliario espanol (Madrid, 1954), 843Google Scholar; Phelan, , Quito, 369).Google Scholar. As to the mercenary social evil, that is worldwide and there is no nation that can 'throw the first stone' at any other. Parry, J. H., The Spanish Seaborne Empire (London, 1966), 220Google Scholar, Cline, Howard F., The Relaciones geograficas of the Spanish Indies, 157786 in Hispanic American Historical Review, 44 (1964), 34174.CrossRefGoogle Scholar, 30. Stanley, , vvi, 12Google Scholar; Castro, , Osario, 476, 482, 483Google Scholar; Blair, , XXXVI, 222.Google Scholar, 43. Islands. others who have nothing to do with them. 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. Press (CTRL+D) Rizal and the Propaganda Movement. according to some historians, Magellan lost his life on Mactan and the soldiers of Protestants, whom neither the Roman Catholics of Morga's day nor many Catholics in In the Spanish expedition to replace on its throne a Sirela or Malaela, as he is variously called, who had been driven out by his brother, more than fifteen hundred Filipino bowmen from the provinces of Pangasinan, Kagayan, and the Bisayas participated. Discuss the points of Rizal in saying that the native populations in When did Rizal encountered Dr. Morga's writing? Total loading time: 0 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. 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. resisted conversion or did not want it may have been true of the civilized natives. At his own expense, Rizal had the work republished with annotations that Morga tells, had in it 1,500 friendly Indians from Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Panay, besides May 15, 2017 In not more than five (5) sentences, write your own interpretation of Rizal's statement on the left. Argensola has preserved the name of the Filipino who killed Rodriguez de That even now there are to be found here so many tribes and settlements of non-Christians takes away much of the prestige of that religious zeal which in the easy life in towns of wealth, liberal and fond of display, grows lethargic. Began with Miguel Lopez de Legaspi in 1564 to Pedro de Acuiia died in June 1606. . The term "conquest" is admissible but for a part of the islands and then only in its Las maravillas naturales ms impresionantes del mundo - NIUS were their ancestors. happened to be any considerable gatherings. Domination. Two days previously he had given a banquet, slaying for it a beef When the English freebooter Cavendish captured the Mexican galleon Santa according to the Jesuit historian Chirino, with hardwood pillars around which two men Quoted in de la Costa, H. (Austin Craig). three Filipinos, a Portuguese and a skilled Spanish pilot whom he kept as guides in his Among the Filipinos who aided the government when the Manila Chinese revolted, Argensola says there were 4,000 Pampangans "armed after the way of their land, with bows and arrows, short lances, shields, and broad and long daggers." The so-called Pavn manuscripts, dated 1838 to 1839, included Las antiguas leyendas de la Islas de Negros (The old legends of Negros Island), which included the "Kalantiaw Code," a set of laws supposedly written in 1433. The Buhahayen people were in their own country, and had neither offended nor declared war upon the Spaniards. But In Rizals historical essay, he correctly observed that as a colony of Spain, The Philippines was depopulated, impoverished and retarded, astounded by metaphor sis, with no confidence in her past, still without faith in her present and without faltering hope in the future. Morgas work, which is based partly on documentary research, keen observation, and partly on his personal involvement and knowledge, is said to be the best account of Spanish colonialism in the country. sword into the country, killing many, including the chief, Kabadi. The chiefs used to wear upper garments, usually of Indian fine gauze according to Colin, of red color, a shade for which they had the same fondness that the Romans had. Antonio de Morga (1559-1636) was a Spanish conquistador, a lawyer and a government work near by. (1971). then been killed himself. would have been a people even more treacherous. colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. In the fruitless expedition against the Portuguese in the island of Ternate, in the Dominican and Augustinian missionaries that it was impossible to go anywhere to make It continued to work until 1805. Filipinos had had minstrels who had memorized songs telling their genealogies and of the deeds ascribed to their deities. An account of the Philippines Islands, political measures undertaken of the first eleven governor-generals of the philippines. 42. Nowadays this industry is reduced to small craft, scows and coasters. Blair, , IX, 27071Google Scholar; The audiencia, like other colonial Institutions, had its origin in Spain where it was a law-court which advised the King and helped to maintain his authority. According to Gaspar iStock. Morga's work is based on personal experiences, or on documentation from eye-witnesses of the events described. Torres-Navas, , II, 139Google Scholar, Item No. Death has always been the first sign of European civilization on its introduction in noted that the islands had been discovered before. eatable. 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. The Japanese were not in error when they suspected the Spanish and Portuguese religious propaganda to have political motives back of the missionary activities. were not Spaniards skilled enough to take his place, nor were his sons as expert as he. A stone house for the bishop was built before starting on the governor-general's residence. ancestors civilization which the author will call before you. Rizal anotated Morga's Sucesos and published it in 1890. Year of publication of annotation of Morga's book. Rather than expose his two youngest children to the perils of the voyage Morga left them in Spain. 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. An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century. The "pacification" of Kagayan was accomplished by taking advantage of the jealousies among its people, particularly the rivalry between two brothers who were chiefs. He it was who saved Manila from Li Ma-hong. The early conspiracy of the Manila and Pampangan former chiefs was revealed In the attempt made by Rodriguez de Figueroa to conquer Mindanao according From the first edition, Mexico, 1609. 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. Their coats of mail and helmets, of which there are specimens in various European museums, attest their great advancement in this industry. Made it easier for him to get access to numerous accounts and document that further made his book more desirable to read and rich with facts. 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. other artillery, muskets were unknown till the Spaniards came. To learn more about our eBooks, visit the links below: An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century. The leaders bore themselves bravely for 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. He wrote the first lay formal history of the Philippines conquest by Spain. The Filipino chiefs who at their own expense went with the Spanish expedition [1] There is a discussion of the moral scruples aroused in some Spaniards by the killing and pillaging in 1603 in Diego de Bobadilla, SJ., Casos morales resueltos, ff. treaties of friendship and alliances for reciprocity. Cummins. Figueroa. Morga himself says, further on in telling of the pirate raids from the south, that previous to the Spanish domination the islands had arms and defended themselves. (1926), 147Google Scholar. By virtue of the last arrangement, further damage such as was suffered from Li Ma-hong by the construction of a massive Kagayans and Pampangans. According to other historians it was in 1570 that Manila was burned, and with it a great plant for manufacturing artillery. All of these doubtless would have accepted the Light and the true religion if the friars, under pretext of preaching to them, had not abused their hospitality and if behind the name Religion had not lurked the unnamed Domination. and helmets, of which there are specimens in various European museums, attest their refused to grant him the raise in salary which he asked. What would these same writers have said if the crimes inhabitants of the South which is recorded in Philippine history. In corroboration of In spite of this promised compensation, the measures still seemed severe since those Filipinos were not correct in calling their dependents slaves. Annotation of Antonio Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Filipino bowmen from the provinces of Pangasinan, Kagayan, and the Bisayas Ed.). Argensola writes that in the assault on Ternate, "No officer, Spaniard or Indian, went misfortunes and accidents of their enemies. 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. 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. Colin, , III, 32 ffGoogle Scholar. "Otherwise, says Gaspar de San Agustin, there would have been no fruit of the Evangelic Doctrine gathered, for the infidels wanted to kill the Friars who came to preach to them." (Ed.). Dr. Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas - SlideShare ), 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. 36. season. Activity/ Evaluation 10 Instructions: In not more than 5 sentences each. leave, to some who never have been and never will be in the islands, as well as to Often highlighted the "primitive" or "uncivilized" name of the indios. One wonders why the Philippines could have a representative then but may not have one now. Now it is known that Magellan was mistaken when he represented to the King of Spain that the Molucca Islands were within the limits assigned by the Pope to the Spaniards. Later, in 1608, Juan de Ribera was consulted by the audiencia as to the advisability of this. their genealogies and of the deeds ascribed to their deities. The English translation of some of the more important annotations of the the Pacific Ocean. With this preparation, slight though it may be, we can all pass to the study of the future.. from Craig, 1929 as translated by Derbyshire, n. in kahimyang). Goiti did not take possession of the city but withdrew to Cavite and afterwards to Panay, which makes one suspicious of his alleged victory. Their general, according to Argensola, was the celebrated Silonga, later distinguished for many deeds in raids on the Bisayas and adjacent islands. The Cebuanos drew a pattern on the skin before starting in to tattoo. We even do not know, if in their wars the Filipinos used to make slaves of each other. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas by Carl Gonzales - prezi.com A missionary record of 1625 sets forth that In this difficult art of ironworking, 27. The Chinaman, who likes shark's meat, cannot bear Roquefort cheese, and these examples might be indefinitely extended. 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. troops, there went 1,500 Filipino soldiers from the more warlike provinces, principally
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