ACTIVITY 4

Name : Jay-R N. Gato Date: March 16, 2021

Course: BPED Score:_____________________

A. ANALYSIS. Answer the questions below about the author and the content of the report
on the “Battle of Mactan”

When was the document written? April 26, 1521

Who wrote the document? Antonio Pigafetta

How did the author know about He knew the event by arriving at the shores

the event? of Mactan 3 hours before the sunrise and

personally witnessed the event.

Why was the document written? It was written by Antonio Pigafetta to have

the historical importance in understanding

Philippine history.

Why did the author keep the Antonio Pigafetta kept the document for the

document? future purposes, because before, there were

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

no cameras and smartphones and the only

way to record the past events to be the

evidence of today is to document it and keep.

Who refused to obey the King of Chief Lapu-Lapu

Spain?
ABOUT THE CONTENT

Why did Magellan come to Magellan to go to the island of Mactan and

Mactan? force his subject chieftain Datu Lapulapu to

comply with his orders.

Did Magellan wish to fight the The captain did not want to fight at that time,

natives? but instead sent a letter to the natives stating

that if they obeyed the king of Spain,

acknowledged the Christian king as their

sovereign, and paid our homage, he would

be their friend; if they did not, they should

wait to see how our lances were wounded.

How did the natives react to the Since the Spanish viewed the Indians so

Spaniards? cruelly, the Natives began to feel that they

"did not have their Mission from Heaven."

They were considered wicked by the Indians.

What is the main idea of the It demonstrated the Filipinos' fearlessness in

document? combating the foreigners who had overrun

the region. Lapu-lapu was the one who

destroyed Magellan, and Filipinos assisted

one another in protecting their country from

invaders. As a result, Lapu-lapu is regarded as

the Philippines' first Filipino hero.

B. APPLICATION: Draw the native settlement based on the report of Domingo de Salazar.
Put label on each object in your drawing.

NEW NATIVE SETTLEMENT AFTER REDUCCION

BUILDINGS BUILDINGS

HOUSES HOUSES

PLAZA

CHURCH