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    Rizal found a copy of Antonio Morga's "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas" in 1889 and annotated it to provide a critical analysis of Philippine history that countered Morga's claims. Rizal aimed to publish the annotations but was unsuccessful. He decided to self-publish in Paris in order to assert Filipino identity and highlight that early Filipino culture was rich and flourishing prior to Spanish colonial rule. The annotations challenged Morga's assertions about religious conversion, food practices, and lifestyle in the Philippines. Rizal provided context about foreign relations, piracy incidents, and cultural traditions like tattooing to present a more accurate depiction of history.

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    Rizal found a copy of Antonio Morga's "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas" in 1889 and annotated it to provide a critical analysis of Philippine history that countered Morga's claims. Rizal aimed to publish the annotations but was unsuccessful. He decided to self-publish in Paris in order to assert Filipino identity and highlight that early Filipino culture was rich and flourishing prior to Spanish colonial rule. The annotations challenged Morga's assertions about religious conversion, food practices, and lifestyle in the Philippines. Rizal provided context about foreign relations, piracy incidents, and cultural traditions like tattooing to present a more accurate depiction of history.

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    Rizal found a copy of Antonio Morga's "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas" in 1889 and annotated it to provide a critical analysis of Philippine history that countered Morga's claims. Rizal aimed to publish the annotations but was unsuccessful. He decided to self-publish in Paris in order to assert Filipino identity and highlight that early Filipino culture was rich and flourishing prior to Spanish colonial rule. The annotations challenged Morga's assertions about religious conversion, food practices, and lifestyle in the Philippines. Rizal provided context about foreign relations, piracy incidents, and cultural traditions like tattooing to present a more accurate depiction of history.

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    MORGA’S SUCESOS DE LAS

    ISLAS FILIPINAS
    Prepared by: Sir Emmanuel Jimenez Bacud & Francisco T. Agoot,PhD
    Saint Louis University
    Context:
    • Antonio Morga : Borned in 1559 and began
    working in government in 1580; Served as
    Lieutenant-Governor (second highest position in
    the colony) Spanish administrator who served in
    the late sixteenth century
    • Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas : published in 1609
    and consisted of eight chapters ; 2 parts → 1.)
    Governor-generals in the Philippines (Legazpi in
    1565 to Acuna in 1606) and 2.) Accounts of the
    Philippine Islands
    RIZAL’S ANNOTATIONS:
    • In 1889, Rizal found a copy of Antonio Morga’s Sucesos De las Islas Filipinas
    British • Annotated to create a critical work on the history of the Philippines
    Museum

    • Work to be published through the help of Antonio Regidor but ended up with no
    publisher
    Publication • Rizal decided to publish the annotations by himself in Garnier Hermanos in Paris

    • Early Filipino culture is rich and flourishing


    Impacts • Assertion of Filipino identity within an oppressive colonial framework
    Excerpts of Rizal Annotations:
    Morga’s Claims Rizal’s Annotations
    1.) Spanish conversion of the natives was universal (all 1.) It is not universal in nature. The proofs are the
    islands in the Philippines were converted into Moros in southern Philippines and Negritos in the
    Christianity) northern part .

    2.) The natives ate decomposed and smelly saltfish.


    2.) It’s bagoong. Filipinos have distinct ways of food
    preservation.
    3.) Veneration of animals
    3.) Crocodiles as voracious ; influenced greatly the
    imagination of the Malayan Filipinos

    4.) Uncivilized living ; Spain brought civilization to 4.) Civilized lifestyle (barangay) ; textiles made up of
    Philippines abaca ; timber for house construction
    Excerpts of Rizal’s Annotations:
    Tattooing of the Captain Gabriel
    Foreign Relations
    Bisayan People de Rivera
    • Culture and • First envoy from • China, Japan
    tradition the Philippines and Cambodia
    • Bisaya as land to take up the had maintained
    of the Painted King of Spain their relations
    People the needs of the with the
    archipelago Philippines
    • Before Spanish
    Colonialism
    Excerpts of Rizal’s Annotations:
    Easy virtue of
    Encomienda System Piracy
    Women
    • Entrusting the lands • Datu Sali and •Natural
    to those who are Silonga in 1599
    pacified • 50 sailing vessels instinct and
    • Salcedo as and 3,000 warriors supernatural
    Hernando Cortes of against the capital forces
    the Philippines of Panay
    • Vigan was his • First piracy incident •Values
    encomienda ever recorded in chastity a lot
    Philippine History

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