Sucesos de las islas Filipinas By Antonio Morga

• Sucesos de las islas Filipinas


  Events in the Philippine Islands
• Jose Rizal’s annotation of Antonio Morga’s Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas was an attempt to what?

  Redress the biased view on the Filipinos
• Who is Antonio Morga?

  A Spanish administrator in the Philippines in the late 16th century
• What rank was Antonio Morga?

  A Lieutenant- Governor
• Sucesos de las islas Filipinas was published when?

  1609
• Sucesos de las islas Filipinas was published where?

  Mexico
• Sucesos de las islas Filipinas has how many chapters?

  8 chapters
• What chapter provided ample descriptions of early Filipinos upon the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century on the Sucesos de las islas Filipinas?

  An Account of the Philippine Islands
• What year did Rizal l began copying the Sucesos de las islas Filipinas by hand?

  1889
• Where did Rizal copied the Sucesos de las islas Filipinas by hand?

  British Museum and Library
• Why did Rizal Pick Morga's Work instead of other work's?

  • The original Spanish edition is rare.
  • Morga provided a secular view of the historical events during the early Spanish colonial period.
  • A secular account is more credible than those written by religious missionaries.
  • The work is sympathetic towards the natives.
  • Morga was an eyewitness.
• Sucesos de las islas Filipinas

  • I. Of the first discoveries of the Eastern Islands
  • II. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande
  • III. Of the government of Don Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa
  • IV. Of the government of Don Santiago de Vera
  • V. Of the government of Gomez Perez Dasmariñas
  • VI. Of the government of Don Francisco Tello
  • VII. Of the government of Don Pedro de Acuña
  • VIII. An account of the Philippine Islands
• Criticisms on Rizal's Annotations on Panday Pira:

  • According to Morga: Pandapira, a native of Pampanga, is a well-known maker of artillery.
  • Rizal's annotation: an indio who already knew how to found cannons before the arrival of the Spaniards.
  • According to Wenceslao Retana: the natives did not know how to found cannons; the foundry is run by Portuguese cannon-makers.
• Criticisms on Rizal's Annotations on Filipino boats:

  • According to Morga: the boats are large enough to carry 100 rowers on the border and 30 soldiers on top.
  • According to Rizal: the country-built ships of around 2000 tons, resorting to foreign ports like in Hongkong... for unserviceable cruisers.
  • The archeological excavations in Butuan
• Criticisms on Rizal's Annotations on Literature:

  • The extinction of Pre-Hispanic writing
  • The missionaries obliterated the Pre-Hispanic Writings
  • CRITICISM: The existence of the Doctrina Christiana en lengua tagala and other early writings by the missionaries