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. The Filipinos' favorite fish dish is the bagoong and whoever has tried to eat it knows that it is not considered improved when tainted. 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. 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. From the first edition, Mexico, 1609. 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. showed that the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to Spanish colonization. The chiefs used to wear upper garments, usually of Indian fine gauze according to Colin, of red color, a shade for which they had the same fondness that the Romans had. 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. Legaspi fought under the banner of King Tupas of Cebu. conversions without other Filipinos along and a guard of soldiers. [6], The title literary means Events in the Philippine Islands and thus the books primary goal is a documentation of events during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines as observed by the author himself. These were chanted on voyages in cadence with the rowing, or at festivals,. Click here to navigate to respective pages. May 15, 2017 Often highlighted the "primitive" or "uncivilized" name of the indios. by Sucesos. Un Codice desconocido, relative a las islas Filipinas. 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. This was done by recreating the pre-Hispanic Philippine past, which knocked on the native's pride. "They were very courteous and well-mannered," says San Agustin. [1] It was published in 1609 after he was reassigned to Mexico in two volumes by Casa de Geronymo Balli, in Mexico City. They had with them 400 Tagalogs and Pampangans. (Events in the Philippine Islands) in 1609 after being reassigned to Mexico. 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 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. In the time of Governor Gomez Perez Dasmarias, Manila was guarded against further damage such as was suffered from Li Ma-hong by the construction of a massive stone wall around it. Spaniard came from the English Governor of Hong Kong, Sir John Browning, who had Spaniards. Hernando de los Rios blames these Moluccan wars for the fact that at first the Philippines were a source of expense to Spain instead of profitable in spite of the tremendous sacrifices of the Filipinos, their practically gratuitous labor in building and equipping the galleons, and despite, too, the tribute, tariffs and other imposts and monopolies. Death has always been the first sign of European civilization on its introduction in 14. Yet the government was unable to repel them or to defend the people whom it had disarmed and left without protection. In this lesson, you will learn the importance of analyzing other peoples works in done so, so one must infer that he had seen the work in manuscript before leaving the Colin says the ancient Filipinos had minstrels who had memorized songs telling English of "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas". [3][4]. Witness the Moluccas where Spanish missionaries served as spies; The muskets used by the Buhahayens were probably some that had belonged to. 28. J.S. activities. We even do not know, if in their wars the Filipinos used to make slaves of each other, though that would not have been strange, for the chroniclers tell of captives returned to their own people. Ancient traditions ascribe the origin of the Malay Filipinos to the island of Sumatra. Ed.). A Jesuit writer calls him a traitor though the justification He sent an account of this voyage back to Spain on 20 May 1594, from Vera Cruz. Rizal anotated Morga's Sucesos and published it in 1890. Why, you may ask, would Rizal annotate Morgas work? A., The Philippine Islands 14931898, IX, 1545, 270.3.Google Scholar. had disarmed and left without protection. 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. Fort Santiago as his prison. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a book published by Dr. Antonio de Morga Sanchez, a Spanish lawyer and historian. Nevertheless Filipinos had had minstrels who had memorized songs telling their genealogies and of the deeds ascribed to their deities. Morga's book was praised, quoted, and plagiarized, by contemporaries or successors. Hakluyt Society, Published 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. Yet these same Indians were defenseless against the balls from their muskets. 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. Later, there was talk of sabotage during these preparations two holes were bored in one of the ships one night, and it began to sink, and the sails were taken out and hidden in the woods. in other lands, notably in Flanders, these means were ineffective to keep the church Malaga," Spain's foundry. The Spanish historians of the Philippines never overlook any opportunity, be it His honesty and fine qualities, talent and personal bravery, all won the admiration of the Filipinos. The causes which ended the transferred to the old site in 1590. Spaniards. the British Museum where he found one of the few remaining copies of Morgas and colorful.. 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. Written with Jose Rizal, Europe 1889 as a signature, the following Preface was indicated in Rizals Annotation (From Annotations to Dr. Antonio Morgas 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. It visualizes the image of the country in the hands of the colonizers and the policies of the Spaniards regarding trade. 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. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. "If the book manages to awaken in you the awareness of our past, erased from memory, and to rectify what has been falsified and slandered, then I will not have labored in vain, and with this base, however small it may be, we shall all be able to dedicate ourselves to study the future". 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. leader was Don Agustin Sonson who had a reputation for daring and carried fire and At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Analyze Rizals ideas on how to rewrite the Philippine History. Enormous indeed would the benefits which that sacred civilization brought to the archipelago have to be in order to counterbalance so heavy a-cost. Former Raja Lakandola, of Tondo, with his sons and his kinsmen went, too, with 200 more Bisayans and they were joined by other Filipinos in Pangasinan. Considered the most valuable text on Philippine history written by a Spaniard, Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas ("Events of the Philippine Islands") is lauded for its truthful, straightforward, and fair account of the early colonial period from the perspective of a Spanish colonist. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande 3. The civilization of the Pre-Spanish Filipinos in regard to the duties of life for that Wrote the foreword of the annotation of the book which Rizal annotated (?). This may very well have been so, considering the hatred and rancor then existing, but those in command set the example. The Filipinos have been much more long-suffering than the Chinese since, in spite of having been obliged to row on more than one occasion, they never mutinied. It was not discovered who did it nor was any investigation ever made. (Hernando de los Rios Coronel in Blair, XVIII, 329; see also Torres-Navas V, No. 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 . This was accomplished "without expense to the royal treasury." 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). The artillery cast for the new stone fort in Manila, says Morga, was by the hand of an ancient Filipino. that previous to the Spanish domination the islands had arms and defended considered evidence of native culture. Schafer, Consejo, II, 460, 511. Antonio de Morga (1559-1636) was a Spanish conquistador, a lawyer and a government official for 43 years in the Philippines (1594-1604), New Spain and Peru. the site of the Tagalog one which was destroyed by fire on the first coming of the colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. For Governor Dasmarias' expedition to conquer Ternate, in the Moluccan group, two Jesuits there gave secret information. Two days previously he had given a banquet, slaying for it a beef animal of his own, and then made the promise which he kept, to do away with the leader of the Spanish invaders. of those lands. Among the Malate residents were the families of Raja Matanda and Raja Soliman. against Ternate, in the Moluccas, in 1605, were Don Guillermo Palaot, Maestro de Dr. Sanchez, a graduate of University of Salamanca in 1574 and a doctorate in Canon Law and Civil Law. Their general, according to Argensola, was the celebrated Silonga, later distinguished for many deeds in raids on the Bisayas and adjacent islands. The Cebuanos drew a pattern on the skin before starting in to tattoo. where had been the ancient native fort of wood, and he gave it the name Fort Santiago. natives of the latter two countries have come here. This interest, continued and among his goods when he died was a statute of san Antonio, a martyr in Japan (Retana, 161*). were not Spaniards skilled enough to take his place, nor were his sons as expert as he. He was brought to Manila to be a Lieutenant Governor in 1593 and published the book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas Rizal was greatly impressed by Morgas work that he, himself, decided to annotate it and publish a new edition. committed by the islanders? Morga's expression that the Spaniards "brought war to the gates of the Filipinos" (y Lanzas, P. Torres and Nayas, F., Callogo de los documentos relativos a las islas Filipinos, III (Barcelona, 1928), 99).Google Scholar, 5. In spite of this promised compensation, the measures still seemed severe since those Filipinos were not correct in calling their dependents slaves. too, may write a reliable historical fact of the Philippines. Estimating that the cost to the islands was but 800 victims a year, still the total would be more than 200,000 persons sold into slavery or killed, all sacrificed together with so many other things to the prestige of that empty title, Spanish sovereignty. MS. Exciibania de Camara 410, f.58-v, Archive of the Indies, Seville. have studied, I deem it necessary to quote the testimony of an illustrious Spaniard who What does Dr. Morga's book "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas" talk about? attributable to the simplicity with which they obeyed their natural instincts but much (Ed.). It was not Ubal's fault that he was 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.