Rizal's annotation

• Annotation


  A note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram
• Sucesos de las islas filipinas


  The work of an honest observer, a versatile bureaucrat, who knew the workings of the administration from the inside, one of the important works of the Philippines about the colonization of Spain, published by Antonio De Morga in Mexico 1609

  
• Sucesos de las islas filipinas


  • Explains the political, social and economical aspects of a colonizer and the colonized country
  • Based on the experience and observation of Antonio De Morga
• Chapters of Sucesos de las islas filipinas


  • Of the first discoveries of the Eastern islands
  • Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande
  • Of the government of don Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peiialosa
  • Of the government of Dr. Santiago de Vera
  • Of the government of Gomes Perez Dasrnariiias
  • Of the government of don Francisco Tello
  • Of the government of don Pedro de Acuiia
  • An account of the Philippine Islands

  
• Antonio de Morga


  Spanish lawyer and a government official during the 17th Century, Historical Anthropologist, Author of Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas, Wrote the first lay formal history of the Philippines conquest by Spain, He is a doctorate in Canon and Civil Law

  
• Morga wrote that the purpose for writing Sucesos was so he could chronicle "the deeds achieved by our Spaniards, the discovery, conquest, and conversion of the Filipinas Islands - as well as various fortunes that they have from time to time in the great kingdoms and among the pagan peoples surrounding the islands."

  
• What lead jose rizal to morga's work

  • Rizal was an earnest seeker of truth and this marked him as historian
  • He had a burning desire to know exactly the condition of the Philippines when the Spaniards came ashore to the islands
  • His theory was that the country was economically self-sufficient and prosperous. Entertained the idea that it had a lively and vigorous community
  • He believed the conquest of the Spaniards contributed in part to the decline of the Philippine's rich traditions and culture
• Why jose rizal chose morga's work

  • Rizal felt Morga to be more "objective" than the religious writers whose accounts included many miracle stories
  • Morga, compared to religious chroniclers, was more sympathetic to the indios; and finally, Morga was not only an eyewitness but a major actor in the events he narrates
  • Rizal's second consideration for the choice of Morga was that it was the only civil, as opposed to religious or ecclesiastical, history of the Philippines written during the colonial period
  • The third consideration for the choice of Morga was Rizal's opinion that this secular account was more objective, more trustworthy, than those written by the religious missionaries which were liberally sprinkled with tales of miracles and apparitions
  • The fourth consideration in Rizal's choice of the Morga was that it appeared more sympathetic, at least in parts, to the indios, in contrast to the friar accounts, many of which were biased or downright racist in tone and interpretation
  • The fifth and last consideration was that Morga was an eyewitness, and therefore a primary source, on the Philippines and its people at the point of first contact with Spain
• How did jose rizal know about morga's work

  1. Rizal found the book while he was in London at the British Museum's reading room

  2. He hand copied the whole 351 pages of the book

  3. And annotated every chapter of it

  4. It was the first historical work on the Philippines by a Filipino. It is the first history written from the point of view of the colonized not the colonizer

  
• Rizal's annotation


  • Straightforward historical annotations, where Rizal amplifies or corrects the original
  • The annotations which, though historically based, reflect his strong anticlerical bias
• Rizal's Purpose of annotating morga's work

  • To awaken the consciousness of the Filipinos regarding their glorious ways of the past
  • To correct what has been distorted about the Philippines due to Spanish Conquest
  • To prove that the Filipinos are civilized/advanced even before the coming of the Spaniards
• In his annotation, Rizal included the colonial history of the Philippines, being in prolonged periods of suffering that many people have been subjected to

  
• Ferdinand Bluementritt's prologue to sucesos de las islas filipinas


  • He wrote it in Spanish even though German is his native language
  • Encouraged Rizal to write about the Philippines' pre-colonial History
  • He praised Rizal's works as "Scholarly and well-thought out"
  • Noted that the book is so rare that very few libraries has it and guarded it like a treasure

  
• Bluementritt criticized rizal's explanation on two accounts
• The "SUCESOS" as annotated by Rizal, appeared for the first time in the Philippines sixty eight years later when a publisher in Manila, published the new work in 1958, to contribute his bit to the national effort to honor Rizal. The present work is the sixth volume of the Series of Writings of Jose Rizal which the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission has no published in commemoration of his birth.

  
• Jose Rizal: '"To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open the books that tell of her past"'
• The Philippines is extended up to 12 degrees south latitude
• The Philippines is actually exactly 25 degrees and 40 minutes latitude north
• Until 12 degrees latitude south
• What doctorates does Antonio de Morga have?

  Canon and Civil Law
• What lead to Rizal making annotations

  • He then decided to undertake the annotation of Antonio de Morga's Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas
  • His personal friendship with Ferdinand Blumentritt provided the inspiration for doing a new edition of Morga's Sucesos
  • Devoting four months research and writing and almost a year to get his manuscript published in Paris in January 1890
• Blumentritt's book was written based on the works of Antonio Pigafetta, Francisco Albo, Juan de Plasencia, Pedro Chirino, Antonio de Morga, and other Spanish chroniclers.
• Rizal was inspired by Ferdinand Blumentritt who wrote "Die Philippine Inseln und ihre Bewohner" (The Philippine Islands and their People)
• "I am not going to write about my country as if she were dead; on the contrary, I shall speak of her as though she were alive." - Jose Rizal
• Rizal wrote about the history of the Philippines from the time of Magellan until the arrival of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.
• Rizal believed that it is important to understand the history of one's own country.
• In 1876, Rizal began reading books from the library of Don Rafael Izquierdo, including the works of Antonio de Morga.
• Rizal wanted to show that the Philippines is still living despite being colonized by Spain.
• Rizal made corrections and additions to the text of Antonio de Morga's work.
• Rizal added footnotes to clarify certain points or correct errors in the original text.
• Morga's work is considered one of the most important sources of information regarding the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period.
• Rizal aimed to present the true image of Filipinos through his writing.
• Rizal aimed to correct errors made by previous historians.
• Rizal aimed to correct errors made by previous historians such as Antonio de Morga.
• Rizal wanted to show how the Spaniards treated the natives during colonization.
• Rizal added footnotes to clarify certain points or explain historical events.
• Rizal used the original text of Antonio de Morga's work and made corrections where necessary.
• Rizal used the original text of Antonio de Morga's work and made corrections where necessary.
• Antonio de Morga served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1590 to 1596.
• Antonio de Morga served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1590 to 1596.