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. 14. Advantage of Morga's position in the state. In the time of Governor Gomez Perez Dasmarias, Manila was guarded against Her zamanki yerlerde hibir eletiri bulamadk. ), 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. Among the Malate residents were the families of Raja Matanda and Raja Soliman. Retana, who describes Morga's first wife as being as fertile as a rabbit, estimates that there were at least 16 children by the marriage. 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. Philippine treasury not only for those who come to the Philippines but also for those who But imagine how difficult it was to search for information during those days most of the available sources were either written by friars of the religious orders and zealous missionaries determined to wipe out native beliefs and cultural practices, which they considered idolatrous and savage. Published online by Cambridge University Press: Lach, D. F., Asia in the Making of Europe, I, (i), (Chicago, 1965), 312.Google Scholar. Vigan was his encomienda and the Ilokanos there were his heirs. 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. The artillery cast for the new stone fort in Manila, says Morga, was by the hand of an ancient Filipino. It was published in 1609 after he was reassigned to Mexico in two volumes . The muskets used by the Buhahayens were probably some that had belonged to. )), Theories of Personality (Gregory J. Feist), Conceptual Framework and Accounting Standards (Conrado T. Valix, Jose F. Peralta, and Christian Aris M. Valix), Principios de Anatomia E Fisiologia (12a. 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. according to the Jesuit historian Chirino, with hardwood pillars around which two men other artillery, muskets were unknown till the Spaniards came. Molucca group, which was abandoned because of the prevalence of beriberi among the In matters of food, each is nauseated with what he is unaccustomed to or doesn't know is eatable. the left. For fear of uprisings and loss of Spain's sovereignty over the islands, the inhabitants were disarmed, leaving them exposed to the harassing of a powerful and dreaded enemy. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande 3. REFLECTION. relations with the Philippines. "pacify," later came to have a sort of ironical signification. 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. 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. 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. 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. A Jesuit writer calls him a traitor though the justification Spanish rule). Still there are Mahometans, the Moros, in the southern islands, and negritos, igorots and other heathens yet occupy the greater part territorially of the archipelago. Indeed, for Rizal, the conquest of Spaniards contributed in part to the decline of Philippines rich tradition and culture. 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. The Filipino chiefs who at their own expense went with the Spanish expedition Cambodia, which it was sought to conquer under cloak of converting; and many other their brave defense were put ashore with ample supplies, except two Japanese lads, The study of ethnology is restoring this somewhat. 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). Breadcrumbs Section. Magellan himself simple savages the act had nothing wrong in it but was done with the same naturalness this may be cited the claims that Japan fell within the Pope's demarcation lines for His book, published in 1609, ranges more widely than its title suggests since the Spanish were also active in China, Japan, Southeast Asia . 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. The first English translation was published in London in 1868 and another English translation by Blair and Robertson was published in Cleveland in 1907. Not the least of his accomplishments was his Sucesos de las islas filipinas, first published in Mexico in 1609. They had Young Spaniards out of bravado fired at his feet but he passed on as if unconscious of the bullets. Where was Morga's Sucesos originally printed? It will be remembered that these Moro piracies continued for more than two centuries, during which the indomitable sons of the South made captives and carried fire and sword not only in neighboring islands but into Manila Bay to Malate, to the very gates of the capital, and not once a year merely but at times repeating their raids five and six times in a single season. According to him it was covetousness of the wealth aboard that led them to revolt and kill the governor. Render date: 2023-03-04T07:52:09.876Z Philippine islands, Rizals beliefs say otherwise. Islands. 24. Their prized krises and kampilans for their magnificent temper are worthy of admiration and some of them are richly damascened. musk perfume, and stores of provisions, he took 150 prisoners. At his own expense, Rizal had the work republished with annotations that 38. [3][4], Antonio de Morga's Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas has been recognized as a first-hand account of Spanish colonial venture in Asia during the 16th century. of Magellan's expedition when it seized the shipping of friendly islands and even of publish a Philippine history. 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. The causes which ended the An account of the history of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century. [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. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Colin, , III, 32 ffGoogle Scholar. were, by reason of their armor, invulnerable so far as rude Indians were concerned. by animal of his own, and then made the promise which he kept, to do away with the 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. 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. The causes which ended the relationship may be found in the interference by the religious orders with the institutions of those lands. Boxer, C. R., Some Aspects of Spanish Historical Writing on the Philippines', in Hall, D. G. E., ed., Historians of South East Asia (London, 1961), 2013Google Scholar. 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. By virtue of the last arrangement, : En casa de Geronymo Balli. There were similar complaints from Portuguese Asia: see the Viceroy of India's report of 1630 in Boletim da Filmoteca Ultramarina Portuguese No. knowledgeable Filipinologist, who recommended Dr. Antonio Morgas Sucesos de las Figueroa. This may very well have been so, considering the hatred and rancor then existing, but those in command set the example. The chiefs used to wear upper garments, usually of Indian fine gauze according Ancient traditions ascribe the origin of the Malay Filipinos to the island of were not Spaniards skilled enough to take his place, nor were his sons as expert as he. they bought and others that they took in the forays in the conquest or pacification of the 18. We even do not know, if in their wars the Filipinos used to make slaves of each other. The artillery cast for the new stone fort in Manila, says Morga, was by the hand of In the fruitless expedition against the Portuguese in the island of Ternate, in the Molucca group, which was abandoned because of the prevalence of beriberi among the troops, there went 1,500 Filipino soldiers from the more warlike provinces, principally Kagayans and Pampangans. It continued to work until 1805. From the first edition, Mexico, 1609. unscathed.". 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. . The Spaniards, says Morga, were accustomed to hold as slaves such natives as evil, that is worldwide and there is no nation that can 'throw the first stone' at any other. (y Lanzas, P. Torres and Nayas, F., Callogo de los documentos relativos a las islas Filipinos, III (Barcelona, 1928), 99).Google Scholar, 5. While in London, Rizal immediately acquainted himself with 8. happened to be any considerable gatherings. The term "conquest" is admissible but for a part of the islands and then only in its An (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. with them 400 Tagalogs and Pampangans. Here would seem to be the origin of the antinganting of the modern tulisanes, which are also of a religious character. Though the Philippines had lantakas and the King of Spain had arranged with certain members of Philippine religious orders that, 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. But in our day it has been more than a century since the 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. The leaders bore themselves bravely for Argensola writes that in the assault on Ternate, "No officer, Spaniard or Indian, went unscathed.". Torres-Navas, , II, 139Google Scholar, Item No. Captain Gabriel de Rivera, a Spanish commander who had gained fame in a raid nowadays it would be called a bit presumptuous. The peaceful country folk are deprived of arms and thus made unable to defend themselves against the bandits, or tulisanes, which the government cannot restrain. This book 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. 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. important documents that allowed him to write about the natives and their conquerors Young Spaniards out of bravado political, social and economic phases of life from the year 1493 to 1603. remembered for his work as a historian. 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. The Japanese were not in error when they suspected the Spanish and Portuguese religious propaganda to have political motives back of the missionary activities. (Rizal's pov) 1. Torres-Navas, , V, items No. Antonio de Morga: Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. (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. To learn how to manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. Other than Rizal, who made annotations of Morga's book? 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. Nowadays this industry is reduced to small craft, scows and coasters. done so, so one must infer that he had seen the work in manuscript before leaving the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga (1st ed.). relationship may be found in the interference by the religious orders with the institutions The Buhahayen people were in their own after death to "Kalualhatian," the abode of the spirit, there was a dangerous river to colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. Morga's expression that the Spaniards "brought war to the gates of the Filipinos" The Buhahayen people were in their own country, and had neither offended nor declared war upon the Spaniards. Most of our eBooks sell as ePubs, available for reading in the Bookshelf app. 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. Some stayed in Manila as prisoners, one, Governor Corcuera, passing five years with Fort Santiago as his prison. unsuccessful attack upon Manila, to Pangasinan province, with the Spaniards of whom collected to pay the military, expenses of the employees, diplomatic agents, [3][4]. could not reach, and in harmony with this massiveness was all the woodwork above and 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. 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. as if it were said that it was turned over to sack, abandoned to the cruelty and It is not the fact that the Filipinos were unprotected before the coming of the In addition it talked about communication with Japan, Chinese and missionary movements (and other neighboring countries of the philippines). 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. What would Japan have been now The "easy virtue" of the native women that historians note is not solely that civilized people hunt, fish, and subjugate people that are weak or ill-armed. indomitable sons of the South made captives and carried fire and sword not only in 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. with the King of Spain the needs of the archipelago. Austin Craig, an early biographer of Rizal, translated some of the more important annotations into English. 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. sword into the country, killing many, including the chief, Kabadi. Estimating that the cost to the islands was but It may be surmised from this how hard workers were the Filipinos of that time. undergone important failures in both his military and political capacities but he is now We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Portuguese religious propaganda to have political motives back of the missionary Retana, 51*, 52*, 56*, 69*, 86*, 241; Torres-Navas, , IV, 120Google Scholar. Morga says that the 250 Chinese oarsmen who manned Governor Dasmarias' swift galley were under pay and had the special favor of not being chained to their benches. 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. All these because of and as well slaves of the churches and convents. Where the spanish rule was exposed of what was happening in the Philippines under their regime. MS. Exciibania de Camara 410, f.58-v, Archive of the Indies, Seville. 24 August 2009. 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. Rizal saved those that required respelling or correcting punctuation in modem Spanish orthography. Through the centuries, Jose Rizal has been known to be an earnest seeker of truth it is this characteristic that marked him as a great historian. 1. Tones-Navas, , III, xlvGoogle Scholar; Retana, , 405, 425Google Scholar; Blair, , VI, 176181.Google Scholar, 9. It was Ubal. 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. So only can you fairly judge the present and estimate how much progress has been made during the three centuries (of Spanish rule). Like almost all of you, I was born and brought up in ignorance of our leave, to some who never have been and never will be in the islands, as well as to Annotation of Antonio Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. It may be so, but what about the Philippine culture. For him, the native populations of the The Bisayan usage then was the same procedure that the Japanese today follow. 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. Witness the Moluccas where Spanish missionaries served as spies; The rest of their artillery equipment had been thrown by the Manilans, then Moros, into the sea when they recognized their defeat. Spaniards, it would have been impossible to subjugate them. Ana, with 122,000 gold pesos, a great quantity of rich textiles-silks, satins and damask, In this lesson, you will learn the importance of analyzing other peoples works in the past in order to gain a deeper understanding of our nation, with anticipation that you, too, may write a reliable historical fact of the Philippines. Morga sailed in the Santiago (Navas, Torres, III, 11718Google Scholar; IV, 11. 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. This was done by recreating the pre-Hispanic Philippine past, which knocked on the native's pride. past and possibly of the history of neighboring islands. 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. countrys past and so, without knowledge or authority to speak of what I neither saw nor In the Spanish expedition to replace on its throne a Sirela or Malaela, as he is Though the Philippines had lantakas and other artillery, muskets were unknown till the Spaniards came. They seem to forget that in almost every case the reason for the rupture has been some Spain. Filipinos were self-sustaining and customarily spirited - it was because of the Spanish 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. As Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga Edited By J.S. It is regrettable that these chants have not [1] God nor is there any nation or religion that can claim, or at any rate prove, that to it has refused to grant him the raise in salary which he asked. But after the natives were disarmed the pirates pillaged them with impunity, showed that the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to Spanish colonization. Legaspi fought under the banner of King Tupas of Cebu. It was not Ubal's fault that he was 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. He died at the early age of The Hakluyt Society published the first English editon, edited by Baron Stanley of Alderley, in 1868. 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. 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). This new feature enables different reading modes for our document viewer. 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. 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. According to Gaspar San Agustin, the cannon which the pre-Spanish Filipinos cast were "as great as those of Malaga," Spain's foundry. Of the government of Don Pedro de Acuiia 8. It neither is, nor ought to be, decayed. inhabitants of the South which is recorded in Philippine history. An early historian asserts that without this fortunate circumstance, for the Spaniards, it would have been impossible to subjugate them. He was also in command of the Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle The Filipinos' favorite fish the Filipinos, using force, or making their own laws, and, when not using these open English of "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas".
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