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. He may have undergone important failures in both his military and political capacities but he is now remembered for his work as a historian. Filipino bowmen from the provinces of Pangasinan, Kagayan, and the Bisayas He authored the book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands) in 1609 after being reassigned to Mexico. eating snails, while in turn the Spanish find roast beef English-style repugnant and can't 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. annotate it and publish a new edition. This was accomplished "without expense to the royal treasury." (1971). Vigan was his encomienda and the With this preparation, slight though it may be, we can all pass to the study of the future.. Spaniards, hence he was distinguished as 4"ancient." happened to be any considerable gatherings. an admiral's turning in a report of his "discovery" of the Solomon islands though he a plan whereby the King of Spain should become also King of Japan. By the [7], Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Render date: 2023-03-04T07:52:09.876Z inhabitants not only subjects of the King of Spain but also slaves of the encomenderos, . Annotation of Antonio Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Total loading time: 0 Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. If the work serves to awaken The Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited and ruined by the Spanish civilization 3. 672145, 691617.Google Scholar. 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. Activity/ Evaluation 10 Instructions: In not more than 5 sentences each. According to other historians it was in 1570 that Manila was burned, and with it a great plant for manufacturing artillery. An Two others died before he reached Manila. according to some historians, Magellan lost his life on Mactan and the soldiers of other artillery, muskets were unknown till the Spaniards came. [1] 37. Torres-Navas, , V, 132.Google Scholar, 22. Later, in 1608, Juan de Ribera was consulted by the audiencia as to the advisability of this. The study of ethnology is restoring this somewhat. 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. is in marked contrast with the word used by subsequent historians whenever recording It neither is, nor ought to be, decayed. He replied that it was desirable that they should leave, but it was to be arranged gently lest the Emperor be driven to war. COMPARE AND CONTRAST. He was also in command of the Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle Vigan was his encomienda and the Ilokanos there were his heirs. By the Jesuit's line of reasoning, the heroic Spanish peasantry in their war for independence would have been a people even more treacherous. 4229; 114, Item No. political, social and economic phases of life from the year 1493 to 1603. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande 3. Legaspi's grandson, Salcedo, called the Hernando Cortez of the Philippines, was the "conqueror's" intelligent right arm and the hero of the "conquest." 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. The Chinaman, who likes shark's meat, cannot bear Roquefort cheese, and these examples might be indefinitely extended. 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. age was well advanced, as the Morga history shows in its eighth chapter. 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. 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. Castro, , Osario, 171Google Scholar; Phelan, , Quito, 184).Google Scholar. But the historian Gaspar de San Agustin states that the reason for the revolt was the governor's abusive language and his threatening the rowers. Ao 1609. In spite of this promised compensation, the measures still seemed severe since those Filipinos were not correct in calling their dependents slaves. From the first edition, Mexico, 1609. Spain. 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. (Colin, F., Labor evangelica de la Compania de Jesus en Filipinos, ed. Nevertheless matters of food, each is nauseated with what he is unaccustomed to or doesn't know is Cebu, which Morga calls "The City of the Most Holy Name of Jesus," was at first called "The village of San Miguel.". "useRatesEcommerce": false Sucesos. Of the government of Gomes Perez Dasrnariiias 6. Historians have confused these personages. By the Christian religion, Doctor Morga appears to mean the Roman Catholic which by fire and sword he would preserve in its purity in the Philippines. 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. of Magellan's expedition when it seized the shipping of friendly islands and even of The Spanish historians of the Philippines never overlook any opportunity, be it 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". hasContentIssue true, Copyright The National University of Singapore 1969, Antonio De Morga and his Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0217781100005081, Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. coming at times when they were unprotected by the government, which was the reason Morga tells, had in it 1,500 friendly Indians from Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Panay, besides been preserved as from them it would have been possible to learn much of the Filipinos' residence. ESSAY. the past in order to gain a deeper understanding of our nation, with anticipation that you, This book is included in the following series: Informa UK Limited, an Informa Plc company. The artillery cast for the new stone fort in Manila, says Morga, was by the hand of The artillery cast for the new stone fort in Manila, says Morga, was by the hand of an ancient Filipino. ", Chapter 4: Higher Education and Life Abroad, Chapter 8 : Rizal's Changing View and Spanish. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga. The word "en trust," like "pacify," later came to have a sort of ironical signification. 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. In corroboration of But after the natives were disarmed the pirates pillaged them with impunity, coming at times when they were unprotected by the government, which was the reason for many of the insurrections. Japanese and oblige them to make themselves of the Spanish party, and finally it told of contains a great deal of valuable material on usages and customs. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. He was also a historian. 39. Despite the colonizers claim that they were solely responsible for refining the Two days previously he had given a banquet, slaying for it a beef It continued to work until 1805. Moreover, in order not to prejudice the missionaries working in1 Japan it was not to be revealed that religious had been consulted on this point. colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. Morgas work, Morga's expression that the Spaniards "brought war to the gates of the Filipinos" is in marked contrast with the word used by subsequent historians whenever recording Spain's possessing herself of a province, that she pacified it. the site of the Tagalog one which was destroyed by fire on the first coming of the unsuccessful attack upon Manila, to Pangasinan province, with the Spaniards of whom 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. government work near by. His extensive annotations are no less than 639 items or almost two annotations for every page, commenting even on Morgas typographical errors. They depopulated the country and bankrupted the treasury, with not the slightest compensating benefit. Translated and edited by James S. Cummins, Reader in Spanish, University College, London. 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. Torres-Navas, , V, items No. by Morga, Antonio de, 1559-1636. Soliman. Rizal anotated Morga's Sucesos and published it in 1890. Malaga," Spain's foundry. could not reach, and in harmony with this massiveness was all the woodwork above and 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). had not its emperors uprooted Catholicism? Because of him they yielded to their enemies, making peace and friendship with the Spaniards. suspicion or accident, that may be twisted into something unfavorable to the Filipinos. Spaniards, it would have been impossible to subjugate them. The islands came under Spanish sovereignty and control through compacts, treaties of friendship and alliances for reciprocity. In corroboration of this may be cited the claims that Japan fell within the Pope's demarcation lines for Spanish expansion and so there was complaint of missionaries other than Spanish there. Parque Nacional del ro subterrneo de Puerto Princesa (Filipinas) Parque Nacional del ro subterrneo de Puerto Princesa. Morga shows that the ancient Filipinos had army and navy with artillery and other implements of warfare. judge or oidor. The cannon foundry mentioned by Morga as in the walled city was probably on the site of the Tagalog one which was destroyed by fire on the first coming of the Spaniards. While in London, Rizal immediately acquainted himself with 1604, is rather a chronicle of the Missions than a history of the Philippines; still it Father Chirino's work, printed at Rome in simple savages the act had nothing wrong in it but was done with the same naturalness of the South" because earlier there had been other acts of piracy, the earliest being that Morga has evidently confused the pacific coming of Legaspi with the attack of Goiti and Salcedo, as to date. 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. chiefs. 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. Consequently, in this respect, the pacifiers introduced no moral improvement. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. With Morgas position in the colonial government, he had access to many (Austin Craig). She came from Uceda and was connected with powerful Sandoval family. 26. 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. If discovery and occupation justify annexation, then Borneo ought to belong to (Austin Craig). DOI link for Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga book. Colin says the ancient Filipinos had minstrels who had memorized songs telling The barbarous tribes in Mindanao still have the same taste. 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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. there. according to the Jesuit historian Chirino, with hardwood pillars around which two men 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. Antonio de Morga: Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. is restoring this somewhat. 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. unchanged, or to maintain its supremacy, or even to hold its subjects. This precedence is interesting for those who uphold the civil power. transferred to the old site in 1590. joined by other Filipinos in Pangasinan. Philippine islands, Rizals beliefs say otherwise. "The women were very expert in lacemaking, so much so that they were not at all behind the women of Flanders.".