Annotation of Antonio

Morga’s
“Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas”
 Meaning of Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas
• De Las Islas 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.
 Background information/ Important about
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
1. This is one of the first books ever to tackle in Philippine history.
2. Book that describes the events and outside of the country from 1493 to 1603,
invluding the history of the philippines.
3. Consist o 8 Chapters.
4. Discuss the political, social and economical aspects and the colonized country.
5. The content of the book is based on documentary research, observation and
personal experience of Morga.
6. Rizal is a secondary source of the book due to his Annotations.
 The work consists of 8 chapters
1. Of the first discoveries of the Eastern islands.
2. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande.
3. Of the government of Don. Gonzalo Ronquillo de Penalosa.
4. Of the government of Dr. Santiagp de Vera.
5. Of the government of Gomes Perez Dasrnarines.
6. Of the government of Don Francisco Tello
7. Of yhe government of Don Pedro Acuna.
8. An account of the Philippine Islands
Antonio de Morga Sanchez Garay
• 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
Laws
Purpose of Sucesos De Las Islas
Filipinas
Morga (1609) wrote 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 in the great kingdoms and among
the pagan peoples sorrounding the islands”.
Rizal’s Objectives
1. To awaken consciousness of the Filipinos their glorious ways of the
past
2. To correct what has been distorted about the philippines due to
Spanish conquest
3. To prove that Filipinos are civilized even before the coming of the
spaniards
 Blumentritt’s Influence on Rizal
Ferdinand Blumentritt ha s