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Content and Contextual Analysis of

Sources Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the week, students should be able to:

1. Determine the contribution of the different kinds of primary sources in the

understanding of Philippine History

2. Develop critical and analytical skills with the exposure to primary sources

Topics:
1. Excerpt from Antonio Pigafetta's First Voyage Around the World

2. Excerpt from Juan de Plasencia's Customs of the Tagalogs

Lesson 1: Excerpt from Antonio Pigafetta's First

Voyage Around the World [Chronicle]
Antonio Pigafetta
- An Italian scholar and explorer from the Republic of Venice.

- He joined the expedition to the Spice Islands led by explorer Ferdinand

Magellan under the flag of King Charles I of Spain and, after Magellan's death in the
Philippines, the subsequent voyage around the world.
 - During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant and kept an accurate
journal which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. It is the first
recorded document concerning the language.

The arrival of Magellan in Cebu

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Lesson 2: Excerpt from Juan de Plasencia's

Customs of the Tagalogs, [Social-Cultural
Observation]
Juan de Plasencia
- A Spanish friar of the Franciscan Order.

- He spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines, where he founded

numerous towns in Luzon and authored several religious and linguistic books, most
notably the Doctrina Cristiana (Christian Doctrine), the first book ever printed in the
Philippines.
Customs of the Tagalogs