By: Eurichelle Anne P. Villegas

ABC-101

• Early Chinese traders &

geographers during the pre-

Spanish era already knew the

Philippines.

• Referred the Philippine Island as

“Ma-yi”

• A Chinese trade official

• Gave detailed account of his

travel of various parts of the

islands in 1225.

• He called the Philippines “Ma-i”

•In 1521, he named the islands

“Islas de San Lazaro”

• The name „Philippines‟ came

• Given by the spanish navigator

Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (1543).

The rare Asian map published in Venice, Italy.

• Jesuit Historian

• Called Manila “Pearl of the Orient”

since it became a rich outlet of

Asian trade. While the country‟s

foremost hero, Dr. Jose Rizal

gave the name “Pearl of the

Orient Seas” to his Native

land(1896).

Artemio Ricarte• Proposed the name “Rizaline

Republic”

• a Katipunan General

Ferdinand Marcos• Former President

• Proposed the name „Maharlika‟