Module 3-Magellan's Voyage Around The World GEC 102 (Readings in Philippine History)

Module 3- Magellan’s Voyage around the world
GEC 102 (Readings in Philippine History)
Lesson 1: Magellan’s Voyage around the world
Objectives:
Analyze the content context, and perspective of the document
Discuss Magellan-Elcano expedition and experience based on the journal
Explain the importance of Pigafetta’s account on the study of Philippine history
See the attached file for the readings
Lesson 2: Customs of the Tagalog
Examine the content context, and perspective of the document
Explain the relationship among the members of the barangay
Discuss religious and spiritual practices and beliefs of early Filipinos
See the attached file for the readings

Activity 1: Answer each question briefly
Who is Antonio Pigafetta? What is his role in the Magellan-Elcano expedition?
Antonio Pigafetta joined the expedition led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan under the
flag of King Charles I of Spain. He served as Magellan's assistant and kept an accurate journal
about their journey entitled “Excerpts from Magellan’s Voyage Around the World”. Pigafetta was
one of the 18 men who returned to Spain in 1522.
According to Pigaffeta, how did the locals of the island welcome Magellan and his crew?
According to Pigaffeta, Magellan and his crew was welcome peacefully in the Island of
Raia Colambu and Raia Siaui and in the Island, named Zubu. However, one of the chief in the
village of Mactan named Lapu-Lapu refused to cooperate and obey the King of Spain which
made Magellan desired to fight that results to a war.
How are the islander’s way of life cultural practices and religious beliefs describe?
They first noticed the food that the Islanders have when they are offered some during
the first encounter. They also found out how helpful and important the coconut for the Islanders.
It’s not only the food but he also described the appearance of the Islander. According to
Pigaffeta the people who live near the Island where they are had holes in their ears, so large
that they can pass their arms through them and they also go naked. They were wearing a soft
cloth woven from the bark of a tree about their privies, except some of the chiefs who wear
cotton cloth embroidered with silk at the ends by means of needle. He saw an Islander covered
in tattoos which he described as painted and accessories that the people wore were like gold
earrings, gold armlets and kerchiefs on their heads. The Islanders were the type of people that
were contented on what they have and they are very dependent on the nature.
What does Pigaffeta’s account tell to the people of Visayas in the 16th century?
Pigaffeta’s account showed that the people of the Visayan Islands in the 16 th century
were very pleasant and conversable. They lived a simple life but they were gradually changing
because of the influence of the voyagers.
Activity 2: Answer each question briefly
Who is Fr. Juan de Plasencia? When did he serve in the Philippine Island?
Fray Juan de Plasencia was a Spanish friar of the Franciscan Order. He came together
with the first batch of Franciscan missionaries in the Philippines. Arrived at a port in Cavite, a
few kilometers south of Manila on the 2nd of July 1578.
How did he describe the hierarchy of people in the barangay?
He described the hierarchy of people in the barangay by chieftain “datu”, nobles

“maharlika”, commoners “aliping namamahay” and slaves “aliping saguiguilir”. Datu are the
chief, captain of wars, whom governed, obeyed and reverenced. Maharlika are the free-born,
they do not pay taxes. Aliping namamahay live in their own houses and lords of their property
and gold. Lastly, aliping saguiguilir, they serve their master in his house and his cultivated lands
and can be sold.
What particular precolonial policy or rule stood out to you? Why?
The precolonial policy or rule in terms of inheritance wherein the first son of the
barangay chieftain inherits his father’s position; if the first son dies, the second son succeeds
their father but in the absence of male heirs, it is the eldest daughter that becomes the chieftain.
It stood out to me because during pre-colonial times, women shared equal footing with men in
society. They were allowed to divorce, own and inherit property, and even lead their respective
barangays or territories.
What does Fr. Plasencia’s work reveal about the religious and spiritual beliefs of the
early Filipinos?
Fr. Plasencia stated “since the advent of the Spaniards, it is not so divided.” such
statement implies that the intervention of the colonizer has put order into the divisiveness of
every filipinos. He also made a conclusion that Catholicism was able to expel primitive and evil
belief systems of the Filipino regarding gods, burials and superstitions, saying that “all the
Tagalogs not a trace of this is left; and that those who are now marrying do not even know what
it is, thanks to the preaching of the holy gospel, which has banished it.” This claim undermines
that the Tagalog population did not fully embrace Catholicism but appropriated it according to
their indigenous religious practices.

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Module 3- Magellan’s Voyage around the world

GEC 102 (Readings in Philippine History)

Lesson 1: Magellan’s Voyage around the world

Analyze the content context, and perspective of the document

Discuss Magellan-Elcano expedition and experience based on the journal

Explain the importance of Pigafetta’s account on the study of Philippine history

See the attached file for the readings

Lesson 2: Customs of the Tagalog

Examine the content context, and perspective of the document

Explain the relationship among the members of the barangay

Discuss religious and spiritual practices and beliefs of early Filipinos

See the attached file for the readings

Who is Antonio Pigafetta? What is his role in the Magellan-Elcano expedition?

How did he describe the hierarchy of people in the barangay?

He described the hierarchy of people in the barangay by chieftain “datu”, nobles

What particular precolonial policy or rule stood out to you? Why?

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