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    Antonio de Morga - 16 Century Lieutenant Governor of The Philippines

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    Antonio De Morga was a 16th century lieutenant governor of the Philippines. His book published in 1609 provided one of the first historical works on the Philippines from the viewpoint of a colonized people, as written by a Filipino. The book was banned in the late 19th century under Spanish rule. Jose Rizal later reprinted and annotated the book in 1888 with an introduction by Ferdinand Blumentritt, as the original had become rare and out of print. Rizal felt Morga provided a more objective account than religious chroniclers of the time.

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    Antonio De Morga was a 16th century lieutenant governor of the Philippines. His book published in 1609 provided one of the first historical works on the Philippines from the viewpoint of a colonized people, as written by a Filipino. The book was banned in the late 19th century under Spanish rule. Jose Rizal later reprinted and annotated the book in 1888 with an introduction by Ferdinand Blumentritt, as the original had become rare and out of print. Rizal felt Morga provided a more objective account than religious chroniclers of the time.

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    Antonio De Morga was a 16th century lieutenant governor of the Philippines. His book published in 1609 provided one of the first historical works on the Philippines from the viewpoint of a colonized people, as written by a Filipino. The book was banned in the late 19th century under Spanish rule. Jose Rizal later reprinted and annotated the book in 1888 with an introduction by Ferdinand Blumentritt, as the original had become rare and out of print. Rizal felt Morga provided a more objective account than religious chroniclers of the time.

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    Antonio de Morga - 16 Century Lieutenant Governor of The Philippines

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    Antonio De Morga was a 16th century lieutenant governor of the Philippines. His book published in 1609 provided one of the first historical works on the Philippines from the viewpoint of a colonized people, as written by a Filipino. The book was banned in the late 19th century under Spanish rule. Jose Rizal later reprinted and annotated the book in 1888 with an introduction by Ferdinand Blumentritt, as the original had become rare and out of print. Rizal felt Morga provided a more objective account than religious chroniclers of the time.

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    Antonio De Morga 16th century lieutenant governor of the Philippines

    Their daily fare is composed of rice crushed in wooden pillars


    and when cooked is called morisqueta
    bagoong [salted and fermented fish or shrimp paste used as
    a sauce in Filipino cuisine]
    Morga Book
    banned in the late 19th century
    cencorship during the Spanish period
    due to burning of one large shipment, the book was then
    considered rare and out of print status within a year of its
    publication
    Few copies were left hidden and unread by frightened
    owners
    Language problem which restricted to small, educated
    Spanish reading elites
    Not read by the masses but people heard a great deal about
    it and thus is almost forgotten
    Rizal began the task of writing the Philippine history from the
    viewpoint of a Filipino
    First historical work on the Phils. By a Filipino; it is the first
    history written from the point of view of the colonized not
    the colonizer
    Ferdinand Blumentritt
    Toward the end of June 1998 completely tore up the
    completed chapters and changed the plot entirely
    Middle of August 1888 Blumentritt could not be persuaded
    to write a history of the Phils
    Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas por el Doctor Antonio de Morga.
    Obra publicada en Mejco en el ano dr 1609, nue vamente
    sacada a luz y anotada por Jose Rizal, precedida de un
    prologo del prof.
    Fernando Blumentritt (Events in the Philippine Islands by Dr.
    Antonio de Morga. A work published in Mexico in the year
    1609, reprinted and annotated by Jose Rizal and preceded by
    an introduction by professor Ferdinand Blumentritt).
    Juliana (1602)

    Saving face after the disaster with the Dutch invaders in


    Manila in 1600 (Reason)
    8 chapters
    following reasons: the original book was rare; Morga was a
    layman not a religious chronicler; Rizal felt Morga to be more
    "objective" than the religious writers whose accounts
    included many miracle stories; Morga compared to religious
    chroniclers, was more sympathetic to the indios, and finally,
    Morga was not only an eyewitness but a major actor in the
    events he narrates.
    Deus ex Macina

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