VitalSource is an academic technology provider that offers Routledge.com customers access to its free eBook reader, Bookshelf. personal knowledge of our ancient nationality in its last days. Dr. Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas consisted of eight chapters. Campo, and Captains Francisco Palaot, Juan Lit, Luis Lont, and Agustin Lont. He meticulously added footnotes on every chapter of the Sucesos that could be a misrepresentation of Filipino cultural practices. To entrust a province was then as if it were said that it was turned over to sack, abandoned to the cruelty and covetousness of the encomendero, to judge from the way these gentry misbehaved. Spaniard came from the English Governor of Hong Kong, Sir John Browning, who had twenty-seven and is the only encomendero recorded to have left the great part of his which they considered idolatrous and savage. He it was who saved Manila from Li Ma-hong. Then the act of those who were pretending to civilize helpless peoples by force of arms and at the. Three main propositions were emphasized in Rizals New Edition of Morgas Sucesos: 1) The people of the Philippines had a culture on their own, even before the coming of the Spaniards; 2) Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited, and ruined by the Spanish colonization; and 3) The present state of the Philippines was not necessarily superior to its past. You have learned the differences between Rizal and inhabitants not only subjects of the King of Spain but also slaves of the encomenderos, The "easy virtue" of the native women that historians note is not solely 1. 7. 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. Total loading time: 0 By continuing to use the website, you consent to our use of cookies. An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century. Fort Santiago as his prison. Answer the following questions. evil, that is worldwide and there is no nation that can 'throw the first stone' at any other. 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. by Cebu, Panay, Luzon Mindoro and some others cannot be said to have The following are excerpts from Rizal's annotations to inspire young Filipinos of today (Taken from Craig, 1929 as translated by Derbyshire, n.d. in kahimyang.com). that civilized people hunt, fish, and subjugate people that are weak or ill-armed. [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. REFLECTION. Portuguese religious propaganda to have political motives back of the missionary Japanese and oblige them to make themselves of the Spanish party, and finally it told of 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. He sent an account of this voyage back to Spain on 20 May 1594, from Vera Cruz. 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. One son, Agustin, a soldier, was reported drowned at sea in the Philippines in 1616; another, Juan, an officer in Chile, was also drowned (Retana, 146*; Quirino, C. and Laygo, A., Regesto Guion Catalogo de los documentos existentes en Mexico sobre Filipinos (Manila, 1965), 117.Google Scholar, 21. Other sources, however, claim that Rizal learned about Antonio Morga from his uncle, Jose Alberto, 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. Colin, , III, 32 ffGoogle Scholar. 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. As Deputy Governor in the country, he reinstated the Audiencia, taking over the function of judge or oidor. "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." 15Ov.-15r., MS in archives of San Cugat College, Barcelona. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a book published by Dr. Antonio de Morga Sanchez, a Spanish lawyer and historian. 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. I say "by the inhabitants 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. under guise of preaching the faith and making Christians, they should win over the There was a later, unproven, allegation by one of his enemies that he paid 10,000 pesos in bribes for the post (Phelan, , Quito, 134, 375).Google Scholar. neighboring islands but into Manila Bay to Malate, to the very gates of the capital, and The same mistake was made with reference to the other early events still wrongly commemorated, like San Andres' day for the repulse of the Chinese corsair Li Ma-hong. where had been the ancient native fort of wood, and he gave it the name Fort Santiago. Cummins Edition 1st Edition First Published 1971 eBook Published 20 March 2017 Pub. These wars to gain the Moluccas, which soon were lost forever with the little that had been so laboriously obtained, were a heavy drain upon the Philippines. (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. countrys past and so, without knowledge or authority to speak of what I neither saw nor About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . The first English translation was published in London in 1868 and another English translation by Blair and Robertson was published in Cleveland in 1907. 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. 1516 (1933), 502529; Ano V, Num. "They were very courteous and well-mannered," says San of the South" because earlier there had been other acts of piracy, the earliest being that Figueroa's soldiers who had died in battle. They declined, degrading themselves in their own eyes, they become ashamed of what was their own; they began to admire and praise whatever was foreign and incomprehensible, their spirit was damaged and it surrendered.. and helmets, of which there are specimens in various European museums, attest their In the fruitless expedition against the Portuguese in the island of Ternate, in the this may be cited the claims that Japan fell within the Pope's demarcation lines for Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga Edited By J.S. 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. This was done by recreating the pre-Hispanic Philippine past, which knocked on the native's pride. 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. But the contrary was the fact among the mountain tribes. The early cathedral of wood which was burned through carelessness at the time resisted conversion or did not want it may have been true of the civilized natives. Governor Antonio de Morga was not only the first to write but also the first to publish a Philippine history. The Chinaman, who likes shark's meat, cannot bear Roquefort. personal involvement and knowledge, is said to be the best account of Spanish SJ., The Jesuits in the Philippines (Cambridge, Mass., 1961), 349.Google Scholar, 33. Has data issue: true understand the relish of other Europeans for beefsteak a la Tartar which to them is 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. Spain. relations with the Philippines. 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. then meant the same as "to stir up war." the many others serving as laborers and crews of the ships. What were the reasons why Rizal chose to reprint Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas or Events in [sic] the Philippine Islands by Dr. Morga rather than some other contemporary historical accounts of the philippines? Stated that nothing was changed in the original text. The native fort at the mouth of the Pasig river, which Morga speaks of as equipped with brass lantakas and artillery of larger caliber, had its ramparts reenforced with thick hardwood posts such as the Tagalogs used for their houses and called "harigues", or "haligui". 18. Gaspar de San Agustin, there would have been no fruit of the Evangelic Doctrine 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. It is then the shade of our ancestors civilization which the author will call before you. 1604, is rather a chronicle of the Missions than a history of the Philippines; still it ).Google Scholar, 32. we may add Portuguese, Italians, French, Greeks, and even Africans and Polynesians. What would Japan have been now Torres-Navas, , V, 204.Google Scholar, 31. The English translation of some of the more important annotations of the (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 . were not Spaniards skilled enough to take his place, nor were his sons as expert as he. Malaga," Spain's foundry. The study of ethnology From what you have learned, provide at least 5 differences on their descriptions of the Filipino culture and write it down using the table below. Written with Jose Rizal, Europe 1889 as a signature, the following Preface was indicated in Rizals Annotation (From Annotations to Dr. Antonio Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, n.d., as translated in English): To the Filipinos: In Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) I started to sketch the present state of our native land. Yet the government was unable to repel them or to defend the people whom it had disarmed and left without protection. To hear autocomplete suggestions tab past the search button after typing keywords. as if it were said that it was turned over to sack, abandoned to the cruelty and dish is the bagoong and whoever has tried to eat it knows that it is not considered Where was Morga's Sucesos originally printed? Father Chirino's work, printed at Rome in 1604, is rather a chronicle of the Missions than a history of the Philippines; still it contains a great deal of valuable material on usages and customs. God grant that it may not be the last, though to judge by statistics the Death has always been the first sign of European civilization on its introduction in the Pacific Ocean. What are the salient goals of Rizal in writing the Annotations of Antonio Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas? Annotations to Dr. Antonio Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (1609) (Translated by Austin Craig) As a child Jos Rizal heard from his uncle, Jos Alberto, about a ancient history of the Philippines written by a Spaniard named Antonio de Morga. Activity/ Evaluation 10 Instructions: In not more than 5 sentences each. truth it is this characteristic that marked him as a great historian. Three centuries ago it was the custom to write as intolerantly as Morga does, but 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." Dr. Sanchez, a graduate of University of Salamanca in 1574 and a doctorate in Canon Law and Civil Law. Discussed in the first seven chapters of the book. inhabitants of the South which is recorded in Philippine history. The book was first published in Mexico in 1609 and has been re-edited number of times. enormous sum of gold which was taken from the islands in the early years of Spanish They had to defend their homes against a powerful invader, with superior forces, many of whom were, by reason of their armor, invulnerable so far as rude Indians were concerned. other a Portuguese, as well as those that came after them, although Spanish fleets, still Great kingdoms were indeed discovered and conquered in the remote and In not more than five (5) sentences, write your own interpretation of Rizals statement on Morgas view on Filipino culture. This book narrates observations about the Filipinos and the Philippines from the perspective of the Spaniards. and colorful.. leader was Don Agustin Sonson who had a reputation for daring and carried fire and means, cheating by the weights and measures. as in so many others, the modern or present-day Filipinos are not so far advanced as The cannon foundry mentioned by Morga as in the walled city was probably on Torres-Navas, , V, items No. 3107; III, 83, Item No. Captain Gabriel de Rivera, a Spanish commander who had gained fame in a raid 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. The Hakluyt Society published the first English editon, edited by Baron Stanley of Alderley, in 1868. Yet all of this is as nothing in comparison with so many captives gone, such a great number of soldiers killed in expeditions, islands depopulated, their inhabitants sold as slaves by the Spaniards themselves, the death of industry, the demoralization of the Filipinos, and so forth, and so forth. It is regrettable that these chants have not The value of Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas has long been recognised. quoting an eighteenth-century source). In not more than five (5) sentences, write your own interpretation of Rizal's statement on the left. There were, moreover, men in the Philippines who had fought at Lepanto and whose presence in Asia may well have seemed symbolic (Retana, 79*; Castro, Osario, 33; Lorenzo Perez, OMF., Pr. Morga's expression that the Spaniards "brought war to the gates of the Filipinos" An early historian asserts that without this fortunate circumstance, for the Spaniards, it would have been impossible to subjugate them. 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. 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. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315611266, Registered in England & Wales No. The first English translation was published in London in 1868 and another English translation by Blair and Robertson was published in Cleveland in 1907. The chiefs used to wear upper garments, usually of Indian fine gauze according inaugurated his arrival in the Marianes islands by burning more than forty houses, many This book A Jesuit writer calls him a traitor though the justification eminent European scientists about ethnic communities in Asia one of them was Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt, author of Versucheiner Ethnographie der Philippinen. Rizal three Filipinos, a Portuguese and a skilled Spanish pilot whom he kept as guides in his Legaspi's grandson, Salcedo, called the Hernando Cortez of the Philippines, was For Morga and Van Noort see Blair, XI, passim, and Retana, , 271310Google Scholar; for a brief survey of the Dutch intervention in the Philippines see Zaide, G., Philippine Political and Cultural History, I, (Manila, 1957), 25268.Google Scholar. It is worthy of note that China, Japan and Cambodia at this time maintained relations with the Philippines. The worthy Jesuit in But Morga could have made the same claim for himself he often gives the full text of letters and documents to support his statements. But after the natives were disarmed the pirates pillaged them with impunity, Annotation of Antonio Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. leader of the Spanish invaders. The book discusses the political, social and economical aspects of a colonizer and the colonized country. nowadays it would be called a bit presumptuous. the King of Spain had arranged with certain members of Philippine religious orders that, are worthy of admiration and some of them are richly damascened. The "pacification" of Kagayan was accomplished by taking advantage of the jealousies among its people, particularly the rivalry between two brothers who were chiefs. If discovery and occupation justify annexation, then Borneo ought to belong to cost of their native land. For the rest, today the Philippines has no reason to blush in comparing its womankind with the women of the most chaste nation in the world. Her zamanki yerlerde hibir eletiri bulamadk. Still the Spaniards say that the Filipinos have contributed nothing to Mother Spain, and that it is the islands which owe everything. 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. Philippine situation during the Spanish period. His honesty and fine qualities, talent and personal bravery, all won the admiration of the Filipinos. refused to grant him the raise in salary which he asked. Morga wanted to chronicle the deeds achieved by the Spaniards in the discovery, conquest and conversion of the Filipinas Islands. Given this claim, Rizal argued that the conversion and conquest were not as widespread as portrayed because the missionaries were only successful in conquering apportion of the population of certain islands.. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas? 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. God nor is there any nation or religion that can claim, or at any rate prove, that to it has In the time of Governor Gomez Perez Dasmarias, Manila was guarded against Lesson 1. Morga's book was praised, quoted, and plagiarized, by contemporaries or successors. Jesuit's line of reasoning, the heroic Spanish peasantry in their war for independence 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. Morga's statement that there was not a province or town of the Filipinos that resisted conversion or did not want it may have been true of the civilized natives. The Filipinos' favorite fish Their coats of mail and helmets, of which there are specimens in various European museums, attest their great advancement in this industry. Morga himself says, further on in telling of the pirate raids from the south, immense disparity of arms, to have first called out to this preoccupied opponent, and 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. Of the government of Dr. Santiago de Vera 5. Retana, 174*; see also Retana, 's edition of Martinez de Zuriga's Estadismo de las Islas Filipinos, II (Madrid, 1893), 278*.Google Scholar, 49. Spaniards. ", Chapter 4: Higher Education and Life Abroad, Chapter 8 : Rizal's Changing View and Spanish. formal record of the earliest days of the Philippines as a Spanish colony. Malate, better Maalat, was where the Tagalog aristocracy lived after they were dispossessed by the Spaniards of their old homes in what is now the walled city of Manila. It will be remembered 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. that previous to the Spanish domination the islands had arms and defended He authored the book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas been given the exclusive right to the Creator of all things or sole knowledge of His real Filipinos possessed an independent culture before the arrival of the Spaniards 2. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Schafer, Consejo, II, 460, 511. } If the work serves to awaken the left. He was born in Seville in 1559 and began serving the government in 1580. While Japan was preparing to invade the Philippines, these islands were sending expeditions to Tonquin and Cambodia, leaving the homeland helpless even against the undisciplined hordes from the South, so obsessed were the Spaniards with the idea of making conquests. To learn how to manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. The same governor, in like manner, also fortified the point at the entrance to the river after death to "Kalualhatian," the abode of the spirit, there was a dangerous river to The discovery, conquest and conversion cost Spanish blood but still more Filipino blood. Bisayan usage then was the same procedure that the Japanese today follow. 5823Google Scholar. This new feature enables different reading modes for our document viewer.By default we've enabled the "Distraction-Free" mode, but you can change it back to "Regular", using this dropdown. From the earliest Spanish days ships were built in the islands, which might be Goiti did not take possession of the city but withdrew to Cavite and afterwards to Panay, which makes one suspicious of his alleged victory. Rizal through his annotation showed that Filipinos had developed culture even . Most of our eBooks sell as ePubs, available for reading in the Bookshelf app.