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    UPDATE On RIZAL's LIFE and Works : Annotation SUCESOS de Las Islas Filipinas

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    Antonio de Morga published Sucesos de las islas Filipinas in 1609, one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. Jose Rizal annotated this work in order to correct distortions about pre-Hispanic Philippine culture and society, and to prove that Filipinos had advanced cultures before Spanish arrival. Rizal hoped to awaken Filipino consciousness about their past and dispute claims that Spanish rule improved the Philippines. He believed the work provided a more objective Spanish perspective on initial contact compared to religious accounts.

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    Antonio de Morga published Sucesos de las islas Filipinas in 1609, one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. Jose Rizal annotated this work in order to correct distortions about pre-Hispanic Philippine culture and society, and to prove that Filipinos had advanced cultures before Spanish arrival. Rizal hoped to awaken Filipino consciousness about their past and dispute claims that Spanish rule improved the Philippines. He believed the work provided a more objective Spanish perspective on initial contact compared to religious accounts.

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    UPDATE on RIZAL’s LIFE and Works…

    Annotation…SUCESOS de las Islas Filipinas…

    Antonio de Morga's Report of Conditions in the Philippines on June 8, 1598 (Posted under General History).

    Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay (1559, Seville, Spain—July 21, 1636) was a Spanish lawyer and a high-ranking
    colonial official in the Philippines, New Spain (Mexico) and Peru. He was also a historian. He published the book
    Sucesos de las islas Filipinas in 1609, one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish
    colonization of the Philippines.

    Morga arrived in Manila on June 11, 1595 as Lieutenant-Governor to Luis Perez Dasmariñas who was Governor-
    General ad interim by virtue of the appointment of his father Gomez Perez Dasmariñas.

    To compare and contrast Rizal and Morga's different views about Filipinos and Philippine culture.
    an·no·ta·tion - a note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram
    Las Islas Filipinas means “The Philippine Island” in English and was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain.
    Sucesos means 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. Explains the political, social and economical aspects of a colonizer and the colonized country.The
    book is based on the experience and observation of Antonio De Morga.
    Annotated by Jose Rizal with a prologue by Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt
    The work consists of 8 chapters:
    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.
    The first seven chapters mainly concern the political events which occurred in the colony during the terms of the
    first eleven governor-generals in the Philippines but chapter 8 is the most interesting because it gives a description
    of the pre-Hispanic Filipinos, or rather the indios, at the Spanish contact. This same chapter was indispensable for
    Rizal, not only for its ethnographic value but more to help him reconstruct the pre-Hispanic Philippines which Rizal
    wanted to present to his countrymen.

    PURPOSE OF WRITING): Morga (1609) wrote that the purpose for writing Sucesos was so he could chronicle "the
    deeds achieved by the 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. "

    WHY DID RIZAL ANNOTATE IT?

    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.

    THE CHOICE TO ANNOTATE:

    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 RIZAL COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE SUCESOS?

    Rizal found the book while he was in London at the British Museum’s reading room. He hand copied the whole 351
    pages of the book. And annotated every chapter of it. 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: purposes

    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.

    The people of the Philippines had a culture on their own, before the coming of the Spaniards.The people of the
    pre-Hispanic Philippines is advanced, has high literacy rate, self sufficient and has smooth foreign relations.
    Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited and ruined by the Spanish colonization. The present state of the
    Philippines was not necessarily superior to its past. In his annotation, he included the colonial history of the
    Philippines, being in prolonged periods of suffering that many people have been subjected to. “The Philippines was
    depopulated, impoverished and retorted, astounded by metaphor, with no confidence in their past, still without
    faith in her present and without faltering hope in the future”.

    To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open the books that tell of her past (JOSE RIZAL).

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