Annotation of
Antonio Morga’s
Sucesos de las
Sslas Filipinas
BALES, JEMAR B.
ADMANA, MARIA
NICA
- Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas
Filipinas (1609)
- A Lawyer and Government Official for 43
years in the Philippines (1594-1604),
New Spain and Peru.
- He authored the book, Sucesos de las
Islas Filipinas (events in Philippine
Island)
9/3/20XX
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SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS
- THE BOOK OF ANTONIO MORGA
NARRATES THE OBSERVATION ABOUT
THE FILIPINO AND THE PHILIPPINES
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE
SPANIARDS
- REFLECTS THE EARLIEST DAYS OF
THE PHILIPPINES AS A SPANISH
Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de
las Islas Filipinas (1609),
containing descriptions of the
islands in the Philippine
archipelago, and notes on the
nature and customs of the native
inhabitants, both before and after
the colonization of the islands by
the Spanish, beginning in 1564 -After a brief geographical
introduction, Morga describes the
native inhabitants of the islands,
their physical appearance, homes,
clothing, food, customs, weapons,
boats, religion, burial practices,
languages, and writing.
What is Las Islas
Filipinas?
THE PHILIPPINES WAS NAMED IN THE HONOR
OF KING PHILIP THE II OF SPAIN.
Rizal’s Annotation of Antonio de
Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
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