ANNOTATION OF

ANTONIO DE
MORGA'S SUCESOS
DELAS ISLAS
FILIPINAS
TITLE
SPANISH

Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas por el Doctor Antonio de

Morga. Obra publicada en Mejico en el anyo de 1609,
nuevamente sacada a luz y anotada por Jose Rizal, y
precododa de un prologo del professor Fernando
Blumentritt.

ENGLISH

Events in the Philippine Island by Antonio de Morga. A

work published in Mexico in the year 1609, reprinted
and annotated by Jose RIzal preceded by the
introduction by professor Ferdinand Blumentritt.
Definition of terms
ANNOTATION - a note of
explanation or comment added to
a text or diagram.
SUCESOS - events, happenings, or
occurences

LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS - means "The

Philippine Island"
SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS is
one of the most important works
depicting the Philippines during the
colonization of Spain, written and
published based on the experience
and observation by Antonio de Morga
in Mexico 1609.

LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS means "The

Philippine Island" in English and was
named in honor of King Philip II of
Spain.
ANtonio de morga Sánchez garay
Born in November 29, 1559 in Seville,
Spain.
Spanish soldier, lawyer, and a high-
ranking colonial official for 43 years, in
the Philippines, New Spain and Peru,
where he was the president of the Real
Audiencia for 20 years.
He wrote the first lay formal history of the
Philippines conquest by Spain.
A doctorate in canon law and civil law.
ANtonio de morga Sánchez garay
His history is valuable in that Morga had access to
the survivors of the earliest days of the colony and
he, himself, participated in many of the accounts
that he rendered.

The book Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas narrates the

history of wars, intrigues, dipomacy and
evangelization of the Philippines in a somewhat
disjointed way. Modern historians (including Rizal)
have noted that Morga has a definite bias and
would often distort facts or even rely on invention to
fit his defense of the Spanish conquest.
 Jose Rizal addresses his
introduction to the Filipinos.
Prompting an insight about the
in-depth overview of the
Philippine history throughout 300
years of colonization. Making a
call to his fellows about
recognizing the truth in the past.
 Ferdinand Blumentritt has
encouraged Rizal to write about
the Philippines' pre-colonial
history.

Rizal's personal friendship with

Ferdinand Blumentritt provided
the inspiration for doing a new
edition of Morga's Sucesos.
FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF RIZAL'S ANNOTATION
To awaken the consciousness of the
Filipinos regarding the glorious ways of the
past.
To correct what has been distorted about
the Philippines due to Spanish conquest.
To prove that Filipinos are civilized even
before the coming of the Spaniards.
 WHAT IS SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS?

It is one of the important works in the early history

of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines,
published in Mexico in 1609 by Antonio de Morga.
Annotated by Jose Rizal with a prologue by Dr.
Ferdinand Blumentritt.
Documentation of events during the Spanish
colonial period of the Philippines as observed by
the author himself.
 MAIN PROPOSITIONS OF RIZAL

The Philippines had its own culture before

Spanish colonization.
Filipinos were "decimated, demoralized,
exploite and ruined" by the Spanish
colonization.
The present state of the Philippines is not
necessarily superior to its past.
 WHAT LEADS JOSE RIZAL TO SUCESOS DE LAS
ISLAS FILIPINAS?
Rizal was an earnest seeker of truth and this marked him
as a historian.
He had a burning desire to know exactly the conditions
of the Philippines when the Spaniards came ashore to
the Islands.
His theory was that the country was economically self-
sufficient and prosperous.
He believed that the conquest of the Spaniards
contributed in part to decline of the Philippines' rich
tradition and culture.
 WHAT LEADS JOSE RIZAL TO SUCESOS DE LAS
ISLAS FILIPINAS?

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 editon of
Morga's Sucesos.
Devoting four months research and writing and
almost a year to get his manuscript published in Paris
in January 1890.
In 1889-1890, Rizal spent several months in London to
do his historical research on pre-colonial Philippines
and to improve his mastery of the English language.
Having found Morga's book, Rizal laboriously hand-
copied the whole 351 pages of the Sucesos.
He sifted, weighted and evaluated each and every
proof he could find in books, manuscripts, documents
and other records from the vast British Museum's
Filipiniana Collection.
 RIZAL'S ANNOTATION OF MORGA'S
SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINA

Rizal took 4 months for research and writing and 1

year to have his manuscript printed.
The annotation consist of 8 Chapters. The first 7
chapters were on the events during the time of the
first 11 governor-generals in the Philippines. While the
last chapter was focused on customs of the Filipinos.
His notes were of three categories: anti-clerical,
sociological and historical.
THe 8 chapters of morga's sucesos
1. The First Discoveries of the Eastern Islands
2. The Government of Dr. Francisco de
Sande
3. The Government of Don Gonzalo
Ronquillo de Penalosa
4. The Government of Dr. Santiago de Vera
5. The Government of Gomez Perez
Dasmariñaz
6. The Government of Don Francisco Tello
7. The Government of Don Pedro de Acuna
8. An Account of the Philippine Islands
RIzal's annotation of morga's sucesos
His extensive annotations if Morga's work number "no less
than 639 items or almost two annotations for every page.
Rizal also annotated Morga's typographical errors.
He commented on every statement that he could nuanced
in Filipino cultural practices.
Rizal commits the error of many historians in appraising the
events of the past in the light of present standards.
 MORGA & RIZAL'S
PERSONAL VIEWS ABOUT
THE ISLAND, PEOPLE AND
ITS CULTURE
 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
MORGA RIZAL
The natives of Luzon are tribes They will always pick violence in
from which they cannot be response to those who do not
assume to be safe, as they are submit to the friars until the
bound of pacifying in either government is involved due of
good or violent means. their cruel ways.
Natives such as Bisaya draws Rizal agreed to his views bound
tattoo patterns first before to the relations in Mindanao
putting black powder where the Island.
blood oozes.
 CLOTHING
MORGA RIZAL

Bahag is a rich colored cloth

They wore "bahaque" around
and quite often with gold stripes
their waists and their brows
and they put more style like a
were wrapped with a pototong.
turban.
 FOOD
MORGA RIZAL

They consume beef and Morga discusses a fish that can't

seafood that has started to rot be good till it starts to rot, which
and stink, which they know is the is bagoong and everyone who
finest. has eaten or tasted it knows that
it should not be rotten.
 DRINKING
MORGA RIZAL
Native people consume a lot of Rizal cited Fr. Colin, who said
alcohol. During wedding feasts, that while it is common
they all become drunk. knowledge that they drink a lot,
they can always find their way
home after a party or a feast, no
matter how inebriated they
seem to be.
 MARRIAGE, FAMILY & HOUSEHOLD
MORGA RIZAL
The groom provides a dowry that A Filipina wife supports her
his parents gave him. The bride husband without being
does not bring anything until she considered a burden.
inherits from her parents. In Tagalog, a house is called
The house where the parents and pamamahay. It is impossible
children lived is called bahandin. that bahandin is printed for
The wife married to a native man bahayin.
is called inasawa. Asawa is the term used for the
wife of a native man.
 RELIGION/HEALERS
MORGA RIZAL
There was no priests or religious There was a priest called
leader to deal with religious Catalona or Baybayin.
concerns. They believed in idols
and superstitions, which they
were led to believe by the devil
in order to predict whether the ill
person would live or die.
 COSTUMES OF THE DEAD
MORGA RIZAL

The dead are buried in their It is likely natural to remember

homes. There is no procession at the remains of our loved ones
a funeral; only the deceased's than those fanatical martyrs
family members undertake it. with whom we have no dealings
and who will most likely never
recall.
 ARTILLERY
MORGA RIZAL

At the time, Governor Santiago Panday Pira was described as

de Vera had built an artillery an Indio who already knew how
workshop, which was managed to build cannons before the
by Pandapira, an elderly indio. Spaniards arrived.
 SYSTEM OF WRITING & LITERATURE
MORGA RIZAL
It was determined that writing Rizal stand its point that there is
was commonly used across the writing system, he went one step
pre-hispanic Philippines. That all further and made an
Indios could read and write their assumptions that there was a
language at a basic level. great value of written literature
in the Philippines.
THE value of rizal's annotation
Sketch the present state and established the
existence of the SOCIAL CANCER.
Rectify what has been FALSIFIED OR IS
CALUMNY; and
Make sure that Filipinos will no longer be
born and brought up in IGNORANCE.
" To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is
necessary to open the books that tell."

Jose Rizal
THANK YOU!
QUIZ
1.

Who is Antonio de Morga?

2.
Morga's annotation was
published with two volumes, what
are they?
3.

How many pages of hand copy

did Rizal wrote for Morga's work?
4-5.

The book contains 8 chapters,

give at least two.
6.

It is the English meaning of "Las

Islas Filipinas"
7-8.

Give at least two purpose of Rizal

in annotating Morga's work.
9.

Las Islas Filipinas was named in

honor of _______ of Spain.
10-11.
When and where did the book
Sucesos De Las Islas FIlipinas
published?
12.
Who encouraged Rizal to write
about the Philippines' pre-
colonial history?
13.
Who was the known author of
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas?
Give his full name.
14.
Give the English meaning of the
book annotated by Dr. Jose
Rizal.
15.
Where did Rizal annotate
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas?
16.
How long did Rizal write
annotations of Morga's
Sucesos?
17-19.

Give the 3 categories of Rizal's

annotation.
20.
What is Dr. Jose Rizal's famous
quote about predicting the
future from the past?
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