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Anna Maria Cindy D. Perez

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Document Analysis: Morga and ChauJuKuas Accounts on the

Pre-colonial Philippine Society

Questions Morga ChauJuKua

When and where was the

document written or created?

The document was written after he

arrived in Manila in December

1603. It was, however, published in

1609 in Mexico.

The document was written in

1225. It was written in

Chuanchou.

For whom was the document

written or created?

The document seems to have been

created for the use of Spaniards or

if not them specifically, then for the

use of Europeans.

The document, I believe, was

created for travelers and traders

that went to the places described

in the two-volume work and alsofor the writer himself as well.

Why was the document written

or created?

The document seems to have been

created to increase the Spaniards

understanding and knowledge of

the Filipinos. They believed that

knowledge was power, and that in

order to conquer the Philippines

completely, they should maintain a

gap in knowledge (this is evidenced

by the Spaniards general disdain for

teaching the Filipinos Spanishexcept for simple sentences and

commands).

The second volume of the work,

I think, is a clue to this. The

second volume is a catalog o

trade goods. This gives me the

idea that ChauJuKua wrote this

document for himself and

perhaps for others. ChauJuKua

was the Inspector of Foreign

trade, and I suppose he

interviewed some of the travelersand traders in order to be

familiar with the goods that are

brought in from other countries.

Are there any clues about the

relationship between the author

and the audience?

I didnt find any clues regarding

his relationship with his audience,

other than that his Spanish

contemporaries in the Philippines

were quite impressed with his work.

The fact that there are

descriptions of the places and the

kind of goods that they sell leads

me to believe that the document

is meant for travelers, traders and

the author himself.

List five things that thedocument tells about the

Philippines during the Pre-

colonial Period

Many Filipinos were tattooed,

however, the Visayans were moretattooed than the Filipinos from

Luzon. Filipinos bathed quite often

(especially compared to the

Spaniards). Only the chiefs can

wear red potongs. Rice and fish

were staple foods. Most people had

some form of gold jewelry and.

Their local contacts, who served

as agents in selling their goods toother natives, are trustworthy.

The houses of the Filipinos are

sometimes perched in lofty and

dangerous spots. People carried

several jars of water on their

head that they collect from

streams. Many of the Filipinos

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Maam, the part regarding Antonio de Morgas arrival date in Manila to be the

lieutenant governor confuses me. Is it a typo that he arrived in December? A

couple of sentences later it says in 1603 Morga was transferred to Mexico I

looked it up so I could understand it, but all I found were bios copy-pasted from

Wikipedia saying that he left the Philippines July 10, 1603.

did their hair up in mallet-like

tresses. Very valuable pearls of

different sizes were cultivated in

Sulu.

In your opinion, what did author

of the documents want to

impart? Give three answers.

The author of this document

wanted to impart relatively

objective knowledge and an

understanding of the Philippine

Islands. He also implied that while

the Filipinos of Luzon are relatively

civilized, the Visayans were viewed

as barbaric due to the fact that they

were pirates and that instead of

growing their own food, they find it

easier to be some sort of pirates.

The author wished to tell the

audience what kind of people

resided in certain areas such as

the Philippines. The last part

regarding Pi-sho-ye may also

serves as a warning to other

merchants that traverse the area.

The document may have also

been used as some sort of list of

goods that the Filipinos

produced.

What questions emerged in your

mind after reading the

document? Why do you think

you thought of these questions?

I wondered what else Morga wrote

in his two-volume work.

I wondered where those places

that were unidentified by

scholars in the document were

and also why the places were

called that way.