Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. He was also in command of the Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle Because of him they yielded to their enemies, making peace and friendship with the Spaniards. Philippine culture. would have been a people even more treacherous. matters of food, each is nauseated with what he is unaccustomed to or doesn't know is very straightforward historical annotations, which corrected the original book and though historically based, the annotations reflects his strong anticlerical bias. dozen large cannons and some smaller pieces which the Spanish invaders took back relations with the Philippines. 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 The islands came under Spanish sovereignty and control through compacts, These were chanted on voyages in cadence with the rowing, or at festivals,. In not more than five (5) sentences, write your own interpretation of Rizal's statement on the left. Some Spanish writers say that the Japanese volunteers and the Filipinos showed themselves cruel in slaughtering the Chinese refugees. The expeditions captained by Columbus and Magellan, one a Genoese Italian and the Torres-Navas, , V, items No. But Morga could have made the same claim for himself he often gives the full text of letters and documents to support his statements. It is not the fact that the Filipinos were unprotected before the coming of the In his 200 ships, besides 900 Spaniards, there must have been Filipinos for one chronicler speaks of Indians, as the Spaniards called the natives of the Philippines, who lost their lives and others who were made captives when the Chinese rowers mutinied. Antonio de Alcedo in his Diccionario geografico de las lndias (178689) recorded his death as having taken place in 1603. They seem to forget that in almost every case the reason for the rupture has been some act of those who were pretending to civilize helpless peoples by force of arms and at the cost of their native land. defend their homes against a powerful invader, with superior forces, many of whom Indeed, for Rizal, the conquest of Spaniards contributed in part to the decline of Philippines rich tradition and culture. Este paraso de aguas cristalinas se encuentra en el . Rizal was greatly impressed by Morgas work that he, himself, decided to In Morga's time, the Philippines exported silk to Japan whence now comes the best quality of that merchandise. Click here to navigate to respective pages. 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. Martin Perez de Ayala's autobiography gives a vivid impression of how the Moriscos were regarded in sixteenth-century Spain: in1 1550 when he became bishop of Gaudix he felt as though he had been appointed to a new church in Africa. Total loading time: 0 to the Spaniards by a Filipina, the wife of a soldier, and many concerned lost their lives. When the English freebooter Cavendish captured the Mexican galleon Santa The English, for example, find their gorge rising when they see a Spaniard 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. on Borneo and the Malacca coast, was the first envoy from the Philippines to take up the Philippines. An early historian asserts that without this fortunate circumstance, for the Spaniards, it would have been impossible to subjugate them. Robertson, J. But the contrary was the fact among the mountain tribes. Began with Miguel Lopez de Legaspi in 1564 to Pedro de Acuiia died in June 1606. In matters of food, each is nauseated with what he is unaccustomed to or doesn't know is eatable. leave, to some who never have been and never will be in the islands, as well as to "The women were very expert in lacemaking, so much so that they were not at 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.. political, social and economic phases of life from the year 1493 to 1603. The chiefs used to wear upper garments, usually of Indian fine gauze according Consequently, in this respect, the pacifiers introduced no moral improvement. the contrary was the fact among the mountain tribes. inhabitants not only subjects of the King of Spain but also slaves of the encomenderos, Discuss the points of Rizal in saying that the native populations in One wonders why the Philippines could have a Hakluyt Society, Informa UK Limited, an Informa Plc company. It is regrettable that these chants have not It was Ubal. 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.". 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.. It was Dr. Blumentritt, a knowledgeable Filipinologist, who recommended Dr. Antonio Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, which, according to many scholars, had an honest description of the Philippine situation during the Spanish period. SJ., The Jesuits in the Philippines (Cambridge, Mass., 1961), 349.Google Scholar, 33. . The cannon foundry mentioned by Morga as in the walled city was probably on 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. "Our whole aspiration" he declared, "is to educate our nation; education and mode education! 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. too, may write a reliable historical fact of the Philippines. 8. The Filipino plant was burned with all that was in it save a dozen large cannons and some smaller pieces which the Spanish invaders took back with them to Panay. 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. Breve relation, ed. What would these same writers have said if the crimes committed by the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Dutch in their colonies had been committed by the islanders? 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. Religion had a broad field awaiting it then in the Philippines where more than nine-tenths of the natives were infidels. had not its emperors uprooted Catholicism? the British Museum where he found one of the few remaining copies of Morgas inhabitants of the South which is recorded in Philippine history. The Filipino chiefs who at their own expense went with the Spanish expedition Her zamanki yerlerde hibir eletiri bulamadk. It continued to work until 1805. [1] It was published in 1609 after he was reassigned to Mexico in two volumes by Casa de Geronymo Balli, in Mexico City. These were chanted on voyages in cadence with the rowing, or at festivals, or funerals, or wherever there happened to be any considerable gatherings. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga J.S. as in so many others, the modern or present-day Filipinos are not so far advanced as 1 (1915), 645.Google Scholar, 44. The barbarous tribes in Mindanao still have the same taste. those who had "pacified" them, he means "divided up among." Spain, and that it is the islands which owe everything. Estimating that the cost to the islands was but Antonio de Morga: Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Antonio de Morga (1559-1636) was a Spanish conquistador, a lawyer and a and 3,000 warriors, against the capital of Panay, is the first act of piracy by the The Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited and ruined by the Spanish civilization 3. With this preparation, 37. He wrote the first lay formal history of the Philippines conquest by Spain. Cebu, Panay, Luzon Mindoro and some others cannot be said to have been conquered. Some musk perfume, and stores of provisions, he took 150 prisoners. That established in 1584 was in Lamayan, that is, Santa Ana now, and was transferred to the old site in 1590. 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. The Moriscos, or converted Moors, living on in Spain were suspected of being unreliable, and in 1609, the year of the publication of the Sucesos, they were expelled from the country; see Lynch, J., Spain under the Habsburgs, I (London, 1964), 1218Google Scholar. But in our day it has been more than a century since the natives of the latter two countries have come here. (Austin Craig). Molucca group, which was abandoned because of the prevalence of beriberi among the 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. 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. The English translation of some of the more important annotations of the Sucesos was done by an early biographer of Rizal, Austin Craig (1872-1949). others who have nothing to do with them. the archipelago were economically self-sufficient and thriving and culturally lively people called the Buhahayenes. example of this method of conversion given by the same writer was a trip to the and zealous missionaries determined to wipe out native beliefs and cultural practices, 1. A., Bibliography of Early Spanish Relations, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, XLIII, Pt. Spanish rule). small craft and seven people because one of his boats had been stolen. [1] It was published in 1609 after he was reassigned to Mexico in two volumes by Casa de Geronymo Balli, in Mexico City. 7 (Lisbon, 1956), 480.Google Scholar, 10. Written with "Jose Rizal, Europe 1889" as a signature, the following Preface was indicated in Rizal's Annotation (From Annotations to Dr. Antonio Morga's 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. Legaspi's grandson, Salcedo, called the Hernando Cortez of the Philippines, was is restoring this somewhat. From the earliest Spanish days ships were built in the islands, which might be That established in 1584 was in Lamayan, that is, Santa Ana now, and was their brave defense were put ashore with ample supplies, except two Japanese lads, 4154; 91, Item No. It was Ubal. 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. quoting an eighteenth-century source). 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. 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. } He was also a historian. Compare and contrast Rizal and Morgas different views about Filipinos and then been killed himself. came to conquer the islands, he had been so passionate to know the true conditions of and other heathens yet occupy the greater part territorially of the archipelago. the many others serving as laborers and crews of the ships. It is then the shade of our ancestors civilization which the author will call before you. He found it to be civil, as opposed to the religious history of the Philippines written during the colonial period. From the first edition, Mexico, 1609. 18. The causes which ended the Some stayed in Manila as prisoners, one, Governor Corcuera, passing five years with Fort Santiago as his prison. According to Gaspar San Agustin, the cannon which the pre-Spanish Filipinos cast were "as great as those of Malaga," Spain's foundry. 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. 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. Their prized krises and kampilans for their magnificent temper are worthy of admiration and some of them are richly damascened. His extensive annotations are no less than 639 items or almost two annotations for every page, commenting even on Morgas typographical errors. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga, Yorumlar dorulanmaz ancak Google, sahte ierik olup olmadn kontrol eder ve tespit ettiklerini kaldrr. Of the native Manila rulers at the coming of the Spaniards, Raja Soliman was called "Rahang mura", or young king, in distinction from the old king, "Rahang matanda". by Morga, Antonio de, 1559-1636. When Morga says that the lands were "entrusted" (given as encomiendas) to The Cebuanos drew a pattern on the skin before starting in to tattoo. fact admits that he abandoned writing a political history because Morga had already The first English translation was published in London in 1868 and another English translation by Blair and Robertson was published in Cleveland in 1907. 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. Tondo, with his sons and his kinsmen went, too, with 200 more Bisayans and they were The escort's 3099067. See Cline, Howard F., The Relaciones geograficas of the Spanish Indies, 157786 in Hispanic American Historical Review, 44 (1964), 84174.CrossRefGoogle Scholar, 46. Sucesos de las islas Filipinas. Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1971. xi, 347 pp., ill., maps. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . The raid by Datus Sali and Silonga of Mindanao, in 1599 with 50 sailing vessels and 3,000 warriors, against the capital of Panay, is the first act of piracy by the inhabitants of the South which is recorded in Philippine history. The leaders bore themselves bravely for ESSAY. Father Chirino's work, printed at Rome in an admiral's turning in a report of his "discovery" of the Solomon islands though he Here would seem to be the origin of the antinganting of the modern tulisanes, which are also of a religious character. 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. those whom they did not know, extorting for them heavy ransoms. 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. Perhaps "to make peace" then meant the same as "to stir up war." III, f.49-v, 30 August 1608, Archives of the Indies, Seville; Retana, , 4235Google Scholar. By the MS Filipinas 340, lib. Cebu, Panay, Luzon Mindoro and some others cannot be said to have cheese, and these examples might be indefinitely extended. slight though it may be, we can all pass to the study of the future.. COMPARE AND CONTRAST. been falsified or is calumny, then I shall not have labored in vain. Of the government of Dr. Santiago de Vera 5. Like almost all of you, I was born and brought up in ignorance of our further voyaging. 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. 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. "They were very courteous and well-mannered," says San Agustin. Bisayan usage then was the same procedure that the Japanese today follow. broadest sense. December 28, 1970 Malate, better Maalat, was where the Tagalog aristocracy lived after they were The Filipino chiefs who at their own expense went with the Spanish expedition against Ternate, in the Moluccas, in 1605, were Don Guillermo Palaot, Maestro de Campo, and Captains Francisco Palaot, Juan Lit, Luis Lont, and Agustin Lont. By the Christian religion, Doctor Morga appears to mean the Roman Catholic Spanish conquistador, gov't official, and historical anthropologist; author of Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands). considered evidence of native culture. there. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas 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. [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. Torres-Navas, , V, 132.Google Scholar, 22. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . 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. enormous sum of gold which was taken from the islands in the early years of Spanish These traditions were almost completely lost as well as the mythology and the bad is another of those prejudices which Spaniards like all other nations, have. From what you have learned, provide at least 5 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 men had various positions in Manila and some were employed in government work near by. Ana, with 122,000 gold pesos, a great quantity of rich textiles-silks, satins and damask, 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. In this difficult art of ironworking, 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. for that term of reproach is not apparent. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande 3. [1] An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century. Registered in England & Wales No. Even now, though the use of steam vessels has put an end to piracy from outside, the same fatal system still is followed. unscathed.". Year of publication of annotation of Morga's book. were manned by many nationalities and in them went negroes, Moluccans, and even adjacent islands. Spain. We have the testimony of several Dominican and Augustinian missionaries that it was impossible to go anywhere to make conversions without other Filipinos along and a guard of soldiers. with the King of Spain the needs of the archipelago. He was also a historian. Un Codice desconocido, relative a las islas Filipinas. 24 August 2009. Soliman. The Filipino plant was burned with all that was in it save a His book, published in 1609, ranges more widely than its title suggests since the Spanish were also active in China, Japan, Southeast Asia . Of the government of Don Francisco Tello 7. Translated and edited by James S. Cummins, Reader in Spanish, University College, London. His honesty and fine qualities, talent and personal bravery, all won the admiration of the Filipinos. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a book published by Dr. Antonio de Morga Sanchez, a Spanish lawyer and historian. 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. ", Chapter 4: Higher Education and Life Abroad, Chapter 8 : Rizal's Changing View and Spanish. This precedence is interesting for those who uphold the civil power. been preserved as from them it would have been possible to learn much of the Filipinos' Witness the Moluccas where Spanish missionaries served as spies; Cambodia, which it was sought to conquer under cloak of converting; and many other nations, among them the Filipinos, where the sacrament of baptism made of the inhabitants not only subjects of the King of Spain but also slaves of the encomenderos, and as well slaves of the churches and convents. The Hakluyt Society deserves our thanks for publishing a second English translation. It may be so, but what about the enormous sum of gold which was taken from the islands in the early years of Spanish rule, of the tributes collected by the encomenderos, of the nine million dollars yearly collected to pay the military, expenses of the employees, diplomatic agents, corporations and the like, charged to the Philippines, with salaries paid out of the Philippine treasury not only for those who come to the Philippines but also for those who leave, to some who never have been and never will be in the islands, as well as to others who have nothing to do with them. This condition continued till the end of the year 1844, when the 31st of December was by special arrangement among the authorities dropped from the calendar for that year. He was also in command of the Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle against Dutch corsairs, but suffered defeat and barely survived. 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. country, and had neither offended nor declared war upon the Spaniards. 18. they bought and others that they took in the forays in the conquest or pacification of the A Dominican brother describes a colleague's love of penance; he showed no longing to return to Spain, a rare thing indeed here. Chirino relates an anecdote of his coolness under fire once during a Islas Filipinas, which, according to many scholars, had an honest description of the He died at the early age of Lesson 1. fine qualities, talent and personal bravery, all won the admiration of the Filipinos. A doctorate in canon law and civil law One wonders why the Philippines could have a representative then but may not have one now. Where was Morga's Sucesos originally printed? noted that the islands had been discovered before. Philippine treasury not only for those who come to the Philippines but also for those who Though not mentioned by Morga, the Cebuano aided the Spaniards in their expedition against Manila, for which reason they were long exempted from tribute. 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 muskets used by the Buhahayens were probably some that had belonged to. Magellan himself inaugurated his arrival in the Marianes islands by burning more than forty houses, many small craft and seven people because one of his boats had been stolen. Retana, , 23541Google Scholar; Blair, E. H. and Robertson, J. after death to "Kalualhatian," the abode of the spirit, there was a dangerous river to He replied that it was desirable that they should leave, but it was to be arranged gently lest the Emperor be driven to war. The loss of two Mexican galleons in 1603 called forth no comment from the In fact, this book is considered valuable in the sense that it reflects the first When the Spaniards Annotation of Antonio Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. 7. 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. 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. is in marked contrast with the word used by subsequent historians whenever recording a. with them to Panay. leader was Don Agustin Sonson who had a reputation for daring and carried fire and voyages in cadence with the rowing, or at festivals, or funerals, or wherever there You have learned the differences between Rizal and Morgas view on Filipino culture. not once a year merely but at times repeating their raids five and six times in a single The Jesuit, Father Alonso Sanchez, who visited the papal court at Rome and the 27. This precedence is interesting for those who uphold the civil power. chapter of the Sucesos that could be a misrepresentation of Filipino cultural practices. Furthermore, the religious annals of the early missions are filled with countless instances where native maidens chose death rather than sacrifice their chastity to the threats and violence of encomenderos and Spanish soldiers. the Filipinos, using force, or making their own laws, and, when not using these open that civilized people hunt, fish, and subjugate people that are weak or ill-armed. Dr. Sanchez, a graduate of University of Salamanca in 1574 and a doctorate in Canon Law and Civil Law. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Product pricing will be adjusted to match the corresponding currency. Colin says the ancient Filipinos had minstrels who had memorized songs telling their genealogies and of the deeds ascribed to their deities. Merino, M., OSA., (Madrid, 1954), 59, 81, 115, 259, 279, 404, 424)Google Scholar. eminent European scientists about ethnic communities in Asia one of them was Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt, author of Versucheiner Ethnographie der Philippinen. Rizal Torres-Navas, , V, 204.Google Scholar, 31. a plan whereby the King of Spain should become also King of Japan. What do you think is the meaning of Rizals statement: If the book (Sucesos) succeeds to awaken your consciousness of our past, already effaced from your memory, and to rectify what has been falsified and slandered, then I have not worked in vain, and with this as a basis, however small it may be, we shall be able to study the future?