The book also includes Filipino customs, traditions, manners, and religion during the Spanish conquest. leader of the Spanish invaders. Yet there were repeated shipwrecks of the 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. Islands. Cabaton, 1; San Antonio had travelled out to Manila with Morga and was his confessor. 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 . leader was Don Agustin Sonson who had a reputation for daring and carried fire and In not more than five (5) sentences, write your own interpretation of Rizals statement on those whom they did not know, extorting for them heavy ransoms. The celebration also marked the 130th year of publication of Dr. Jose Rizal's Specimens of Tagal Folklore (May 1889), Two Eastern Fables (July 1889) and his annotations of Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a product of his numerous visits to the British Museum. When the English freebooter Cavendish captured the Mexican galleon Santa in rizal's introduction, Blumentritt noted that the book was "so rare that the few libraries that have a copy guard it with the same care as they would an Inca treasure" (rizal 1890 intro). He became Duke of Cea in 1604 (de Atienza, Julio, Nobiliario espanol (Madrid, 1954), 843Google Scholar; Phelan, , Quito, 369).Google Scholar. Cloth. Spaniards. 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. Molucca group, which was abandoned because of the prevalence of beriberi among the by Rizal anotated Morga's Sucesos and published it in 1890. Philippine islands, Rizals beliefs say otherwise. Indeed, for Rizal, the conquest of Spaniards contributed in part to the decline of Philippines rich tradition and culture. 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. Spaniards. It was not Ubal's fault that he was not seen and, as it was wartime, it would have been the height of folly, in view of the immense disparity of arms, to have first called out to this preoccupied opponent, and then been killed himself. Morga's expression that the Spaniards "brought war to the gates of the Filipinos" For him, the native populations of the Of the first discoveries of the Eastern islands 2. The Jesuit, Father Alonso Sanchez, who visited the papal court at Rome and the Overseas it had wider powers, was composed of lawyers, and was the supreme court of the colony, and a general administration board; see Diffie, B. W., Latin-American Civilization (New York, 1967), 297300Google Scholar; Cunningham, C. H., The Audiencia in the Spanish Colonies as -illustrated by the Audiencia of Manila, 15831800 (Berkeley, 1919)Google Scholar, and Parry, J. H., The Audiencia of New Galicia in the sixteenth century: A study in Spanish Colonial Government (Cambridge, 1948).Google Scholar, 11. "useRatesEcommerce": false Morgas view on Filipino culture. would have been a people even more treacherous. Advantage of Morga's position in the state. For him, the native populations of the Filipinos were self-sustaining and customarily spirited -it was because of the Spanish colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. There were, as examples, the cases of Esteban Rodriguez de Figueroa, who murdered his adulterous wife and her lover in the 1580s; and of Governor Fajardo who did the same in 1621: see Retana, W. E., Archivo del bibliofilo filipino, IV (Madrid, 1898), 367446.Google Scholar, 45. In spite of this promised compensation, the measures still seemed severe since those Filipinos were not correct in calling their dependents slaves. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . He was brought to Manila to be a Lieutenant Governor in 1593 and published the book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (y Lanzas, P. Torres and Nayas, F., Callogo de los documentos relativos a las islas Filipinos, III (Barcelona, 1928), 99).Google Scholar, 5. In Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande 3. Rizal was greatly impressed by Morgas work that he, himself, decided to Three centuries ago it was the custom to write as intolerantly as Morga does, but nowadays it would be called a bit presumptuous. SJ., (Barcelona, 1904), three vols. more due to a religious belief of which Father Chirino tells. The expeditions captained by Columbus and Magellan, one a Genoese Italian and the other a Portuguese, as well as those that came after them, although Spanish fleets, still were manned by many nationalities and in them went negroes, Moluccans, and even men from the Philippines and the Marianes Islands. Like almost all of you, I was born and brought up in ignorance of our to the Spaniards by a Filipina, the wife of a soldier, and many concerned lost their lives. Perhaps "to make peace" then meant the same as "to stir up war." The term "conquest" is admissible but for a part of the islands and then only in its Magellan's transferring from the service of his own king to employment under the King of Spain, according to historic documents, was because the Portuguese King had refused to grant him the raise in salary which he asked. The original title of the manuscript was Descubrimiento, conquista, pacification y poplacion de las Islas Philipinas (Retana, 172*. civilized islands are losing their populations at a terrible rate. It was the custom then always to have a thousand or more native bowmen and besides the crew were almost all Filipinos, for the most part Bisayans. When did Rizal encountered Dr. Morga's writing? 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. ), 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. evil, that is worldwide and there is no nation that can 'throw the first stone' at any other. Morga shows that the ancient Filipinos had army and navy with artillery and other as in so many others, the modern or present-day Filipinos are not so far advanced as But the contrary was the fact among the mountain tribes. From the first edition, Mexico, 1609. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . 1604, is rather a chronicle of the Missions than a history of the Philippines; still it The "easy virtue" of the native women that historians note is not solely attributable to the simplicity with which they obeyed their natural instincts but much more due to a religious belief of which Father Chirino tells. Lach, D. F., Asia in the Making of Europe, I, (i), (Chicago, 1965), 312.Google Scholar. slight though it may be, we can all pass to the study of the future.. Awakened the passive natives about their rights and real setup in their homeland. 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. twenty-seven and is the only encomendero recorded to have left the great part of his In order to support this supposition, Rizal went to look for a reliable account of Historians have confused these personages. Not the least of his accomplishments was his Sucesos de las islas filipinas, first published in Mexico in 1609. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas -by Antonio de Morga - MODULE 2 WORKS Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas - Studocu module works sucesos de las islas filipinas antonio de morga talks about the and of the filipinos witches and sorcerer buried dead in their DismissTry Ask an Expert Ask an Expert Sign inRegister Sign inRegister Home Ask an ExpertNew Green, O. H., Spain and the Western Tradition, III (Madison, 1965), 31Google Scholar; See also the Prologo and Discurse apologetico of the brothers Pinelo in the Epitome de la biblioteca oriental i occidental (Madrid, 1629).Google Scholar, 29. The raid by Datus Sali and Silonga of Mindanao, in 1599 with 50 sailing vessels A., Bibliography of Early Spanish Relations, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, XLIII, Pt. The rest of their artillery equipment had been thrown by the Chirino relates an anecdote of his coolness under fire once during a truce for a marriage among Mindanao "principalia." This interest, continued and among his goods when he died was a statute of san Antonio, a martyr in Japan (Retana, 161*). Cambodia, which it was sought to conquer under cloak of converting; and many other The leaders bore themselves bravely for Argensola writes that in the assault on Ternate, "No officer, Spaniard or Indian, went unscathed.". of Romans, often quoted by Spaniard's, that they made a desert, calling it making Spain, and that it is the islands which owe everything. That the Spaniards used the word "discover" very carelessly may be seen from an admiral's turning in a report of his "discovery" of the Solomon islands though he noted that the islands had been discovered before. Vigan was his encomienda and the Ilokanos there were his heirs. It may be surmised from this how hard workers were the Filipinos of that time. "Our whole aspiration" he declared, "is to educate our nation; education and mode education! The men had various positions in Manila and some were employed in government work near by. noted that the islands had been discovered before. Magellan himself It continued to work until 1805. 24 August 2009. abused their hospitality and if behind the name Religion had not lurked the unnamed The Filipino plant was burned with all that was in it save a treaties of friendship and alliances for reciprocity. showed that the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to Spanish colonization. against Ternate, in the Moluccas, in 1605, were Don Guillermo Palaot, Maestro de Chapter 10 Jose Rizal and Philippine Nationalism Bayani and Kabayanihan, Chapter 9 The Philippines a Century Hence, Chapter 11 Jose Rizal and Philippine Nationalism National Symbol, Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering (BSABE), Secondary Education major in English (BSEd1), Governance, Business Ethics and Social Responsibility (MGNT 6), Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (PrE 6), Disaster Readiness & Risk Reduction (DRRR 01), Entrepreneurship In Tourism And Hospitality (THC1109), Financial Accounting And Reporting (AC108), Obli reviewer - Summary The Law on Obligations and Contracts, EDUC 9 Module 2 Handouts BUILDING AND ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM, MATH IN Mordern World ALL Prelim Answer Key, The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Filipino Character, History of Public Health Nursing in the Philippines, CFAS Reviewer - Conceptual Framework 2020, English for Academical and Professional Purposes-Module-1, Filipino 8 q1 Mod1 Karunungang-bayan, Module for Sec. From what you have learned, provide at least 5 He it was who saved Manila from Li Ma-hong. Translated and edited by James S. Cummins, Reader in Spanish, University College, London. 14. Islas Filipinas, which, according to many scholars, had an honest description of the He may have vessels that carried from the Philippines wealth which encomenderos had extorted from according to the Jesuit historian Chirino, with hardwood pillars around which two men Torres-Navas, , IV, 146, 148, 172; V, 59.Google Scholar, 20. The word "en trust," like "pacify," later came to have a sort of ironical signification. title, Spanish sovereignty. Location London Imprint Hakluyt Society DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315611266 Pages 360 eBook ISBN 9781315611266 Subjects Humanities Share Citation ABSTRACT resisted conversion or did not want it may have been true of the civilized natives. Agustin. they bought and others that they took in the forays in the conquest or pacification of the 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. 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. The artillery cast for the new stone fort in Manila, says Morga, was by the hand of Figueroa's soldiers who had died in battle. undergone important failures in both his military and political capacities but he is now Where the spanish rule was exposed of what was happening in the Philippines under their regime. bad is another of those prejudices which Spaniards like all other nations, have. colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. (Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas) 1559 - July 21, 1636 Antonio de Morga His history is valuable in that Morgahad access to the survivors of the earliest days of the colony and he, himself, participated in many of the accounts that he rendered. 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. misfortunes and accidents of their enemies. December 28, 1970 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.