AUTHOR: ANTONIO DE MORGA
•SPANISH HISTORIAN, LAWYER AND NOTABLE
COLONIAL OFFICIAL IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR FORTYTHREE (43) YEARS
•PUBLISHED SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS IN 1609
•COVERS PHILIPPINE HISTORY FROM 1493 TO 1603
AUTHOR: ANTONIO DE MORGA
•SPANISH HISTORIAN, LAWYER AND NOTABLE COLONIAL
OFFICIAL IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR FORTY-THREE (43)
YEARS
•PUBLISHED SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS IN 1609
•COVERS PHILIPPINE HISTORY FROM 1493 TO 1603
•DEALS WITH ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS
OF THE NATIVES AND COLONIZERS
ANNOTATION: JOSE P. RIZAL
• DUE TO RIZAL'S ARDENT LONGING FOR THE TRUE CONDITION
OF THE PHILIPPINES BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME
• MAINTAINS THAT FILIPINOS ARE ECONOMICALLY SELFSUFFICIENT, THRIVING AND CULTURALLY LIVELY AND
COLORFUL
• COLONIZATION LED TO THE DETERIORATION OF CULTURE AND
TRADITION
ANNOTATION: JOSE P. RIZAL
• 1888-1889| RIZAL SPENT MONTHS IN LONDON AT THE BRITISH
MUSEUM LOOKING FOR THE BOOK
• HAND COPIED THE WHOLE BOOK OF 351 PAGES
• FREQUENTED BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONAL TO CONTINUE
ANNOTATING THE BOOK
• PUBLISHED THE ANNOTATION IN 1890
• AUSTIN CRAIG (1872-1949) TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH SOME
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ANNOTATIONS OF RIZAL.
CONVERSIONS| SPANIARDS
•CONVERSION OF THE PHILIPPINES IS NOT
COMPREHENSIVE AS SPANISH HISTORIANS CLAIM
•THE MUSLIMS WERE NOT CONVERTED NOR DID THE
NEGRITOES, IGOROTS AND OTHER HEATHENS
•LOST NON-CHRISTIAN ISLANDS LIKE FORMOSA, BORNEO
AND MOLUCCAS
•PROTESTANT NOT CONSIDERED AS CHRISTIANS
CONQUEST| SPANISH SOVEREIGNTY & CONTROL
• THROUGH COMPACTS, TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND
ALLIANCES FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT. MAGELLAN’S DEMISE IS BY
VIRTUE OF THIS ARRANGMENT
• “CONQUEST” MAY BEADMISSIBLE BUT CEBU, PANAY, LUZON ,
MINDORO AND OTHER PARTS CANNOT BE SAID TO HAVE
CONQUERED
• THE DISCOVERY, CONQUEST AND CONVERSION ACTUALLY COSTS
MORE FILIPINO LIVES THAN THAT OF THE SPANIARDS.
WAR WEAPONS| EARLY FILIPINOS
•ANCIENT FILIPINOS BOTH HAVE AN ARMY AND NAVY
•THEY HAVE ARTILLERY AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS OF
WARFARE
•THEY VALUE THEIR KRISES AND KAMPILANS
•PANDAY PIRA IS KNOWN FOR HIS CRAFT OF MAKING
CANNONS
CEBU| EARLY FILIPINOS
•FIRST CALLED THE VILLAGE OF SAN MIGUEL
•MORGA CALLED IT THE CITY OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF
JESUS
•IMAGE OF THE HOLY CHILD WAS GIVEN BY PIGAFETTA TO
THE QUEN OF CEBU
MANILA| EARLY FILIPINOS
•RULED BY RAJA SOLIMAN OR RAHANG MURA (YOUNG)
•NATIVE FORT AT PASIG IS EQUIPPED BY BRASS LATAKAS OR
ARTILLERY OF LARGER CALIBER
•MANILA FIRE (1570) ALSO INCLUDE PLANT USE TO
MANUFACTURE ARTILLERY
VISAYAS| MANILA|VIGAN| EARLY FILIPINOS
•LAND OF THE PAINTED PEOPLE OR “PINTADOS”
•THE TAGALOGS CALLED THE CAPITAL CITY AS “MAYNILA”
•SALCEDO, THE GRANDSON OF LEGASPI IS THE ONE WHO
SAVED MANILA FROM LI-MA-HONG.
•SALCEDO DIED AT AN EARLY AGE OF 27 AND LEFT HIS
POSSESSIONS TO THE NATIVES OF HIS ENCOMIENDA
•VIGAN AND THE ILOKANOS WERE HIS HEIRS
FORT SANTIAGO| GOV. DASMARIÑAS
•GOV. GOMEZ PEREZ DASMARIÑAS GUARDED MANILA BY
CONSTRUCTING A MASSIVE STONE WALL AGAINST IT
•HE CALLED THE IT FORT SANTIAGO
•AFTER THE DEATH OF PANDAY PIRA, THERE WAS A
SHORTAGE OF CANNONS
RODRIGUEZ DE FIGAROA| CONQUERING MINDANAO
•FIGAROA HAS A CONTRACT WITH SPAIN TO CONQUER
MINDANAO
•A PERSON NAMED UBAL KILLED FIGAROA
•THE MUSKETS USED BY THE BUHAHAYENS ARE FROM
FALLEN SPANIARDS
SPANISH CONQUEST| BRUTALITY
•MAGELLAN’S ARRIVAL IN THE MARRIANES ISLANDS WAS
MARKED BY BURNING 40 HOUSES, SMALL CRFTS AND
SEVEN PEOPLE
•THE JAPANES SUSPECTED THAT THE SPANISH AND
PORTUGUESE PROPAGANDA HAVE POLITICAL MOTIVES
AND THEY WERE RIGHT
MORO RAIDS| BRUTALITY
• HEADED BY DATUS SALI AND SILONGA, SAILED IN MINDANAO
WITH 50 SAILING VESSELS AND 3,000 WARRIORS IN 1599
• LASTED FOR TWO CENTURIES
• GOVERNMENT FAILED TO DEFEND THE PEOPLE WHOM THEY
DISARMED
• PEOPLE WERE SOLD TO SLAVERY OR KILLED
UNFAIR ASSESSMENT| NO CONTRIBUTION
•FILIPINOS CONTRIBUTED NOTHING TO SPAIN
•ENORMOUS GOLD TAKEN FROM THE ISLANDS
•TRIBUTES COLLECTED BY ENCOMENDEROS: USD 9M/YEAR
•FREE LABORS THROUGH THE POLO Y SERVICIO
•FILIPINO SOLDIERS FOUGHT FOR SPAIN AND
DEPOPULATION OF MALE POPULATION
“EASY VIRTUES”| NATIVE WOMEN
•ANCIENT TRADITIONS ASCRIBED THE ORIGIN OF MALAY
FILIPINOS TO THE ISLAND OF SUMATRA
•THIS TRADITION IS ALMOST LOST TOGETHER WITH THE
MYTHOLOGY AND GENEALOGIES
EASY VIRTUE| NATIVE WOMEN
• THE EASY VIRTUE OF WOMEN IS BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF THAT
IN THE JOURNEY FROM DEATH TO “KALUALHATIRAN” WOMEN
SHALL CROSS A RIVER WITH ONLY A NARROW STRIP OF WOOD
AND SO THEY NEED A HUSBAND OR LOVER TO ASSIST THEM.
• MANY NATIVE MAIDENS CHOOSE DEATH RATHER THAN
SACRIFICE THEIR CHASTITY TO THE THREATS AND VIOLENCE
OF ENCOMMMENDEROS
DISDAIN FOR BAGO-ONG | CULTURAL DISHES
•FILIPINOS LIKE TO EAT FISH AS THE COMMENCE TO TURN
BAD
•CULTURES TEND TO JUDGE THE FOOD OF OTHER CULTURES
WHICH THEY ARE UNACCUSTOMED TO EAT. ENGLISH
DISDAIN SPANIARDS EATING SNAILS; SPANISH DISDAIN
ENGLISH EATING BEEF STEAKS WHICH ARE RAW MEAT.
DISDAIN FOR BAGO-ONG | CULTURAL DISHES
•FILIPINOS LIKE TO EAT FISH AS THE COMMENCE TO TURN
BAD
•CULTURES TEND TO JUDGE THE FOOD OF OTHER CULTURES
WHICH THEY ARE UNACCUSTOMED TO EAT. ENGLISH
DISDAIN SPANIARDS EATING SNAILS; SPANISH DISDAIN
ENGLISH EATING BEEF STEAKS WHICH ARE RAW MEAT.
MALATE| TAGALOG ARISTOCRACY
•FILIPINOS LIKE TO EAT FISH AS THE COMMENCE TO TURN
BAD
•CULTURES TEND TO JUDGE THE FOOD OF OTHER CULTURES
WHICH THEY ARE UNACCUSTOMED TO EAT. ENGLISH
DISDAIN SPANIARDS EATING SNAILS; SPANISH DISDAIN
ENGLISH EATING BEEF STEAKS WHICH ARE RAW MEAT.