Module 6: Annotation of Atonio

Morgas “Sucesos de Las Islas

Filipinas”
By: GROUP 6
 Antonio de Morga
Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay was born in Seville.
He graduated from the University of Salamanca in 1574 and in
1578 received a doctorate in canon law. And he taught briefly
in Osuna, and then returned to Salamanca to study a civil law. In
1580 he joined the government service as a lawyer and among
other positions in Spain, he held that auditor general of the
galleys. In 1582 he was serving as mayor of Baracaldo in
Vizcaya where he married to Juana de Briviesca de Munotones.
In August 1593 he was notified that he had been selected as
Lieutenant to the Governor-General of the Philippines, starting
what would become 43 years of colonial service. He traveled
accompanied by his family, 14 servants, three black slaves and
his collection of books.
 BOOKS OF ANTONIO DE MORGA
 Historical Events of the Philippine Islands

 History of the Philippine Islands: Large Print

One of the most important works ever written on the Spanish colonization of the
Philippines in the sixteenth century and describes in fascinating detail the climate and
people of the islands.

 Events in the Philippines Islands

 History of the Philippine Islands, from Their Discovery by Magellan in 1521 to

the Beginning of the XVII Century: With Descriptions of Japan, China and
Adjacent Countries

 The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and China, at the
Close of the Sixteenth Century
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part
of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the
original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible.

 History of the Philippine Islands

 BOOKS OF ANTONIO DE MORGA
 Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
Book written and published by 
Antonio de Morga considered one of the
most important works on the early history of
the Spanish colonization of the
Philippines. It was published in 1609 after
he was reassigned to Mexico in two
volumes by Casa de Geronymo Balli,
in Mexico City. The first English translation
was published in London in 1868.
The title literary means Events in the
Philippine Islands and thus the books
primary goal is a documentation of events
during the Spanish colonial period of the
Philippines as observed by the author
himself. The book also includes Filipino
customs, traditions, manners, and religion
during the Spanish conquest.