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1. LESSON 2
CONTENT AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF
SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES IN
PHILIPPINE HISTORY

2. TOPICS
1.AntonioPigafetta’sFirstVoyageAroundthe
World
2.EmilioJacinto’s“KartilyangKatipunan,”
3.1898DeclarationofPhilippineIndependence
4.AlfredMcCoy’sPhilippineCartoons:Political
CaricatureoftheAmericanEra(1900-1941)
5.CorazonAquino’sspeechbeforetheU.S.
Congress.

3. Antonio Pigafetta’sFirst
Voyage Around the World

4. Background of the Author
Born sometime in the closing year
of the 15
th
century.
Parents: Giovanni Pigafettaand
Angela Zoga
Eldest child among his 2 siblings
Was a native of Vicenza, a town
about hundred kilometers west of
Venice, Italy

5. ANTONIO PIGAFETTA
Studied astronomy, geography,
and cartography
Served on board the ships of the
knights of Rhodes at the
beginning of the 16
th
century
Had an aunt, Elisabetta, who
married Valerio Chiericati

6. ANTONIO PIGAFETTA
Accompanied Monsignor Chiericati
to Spain in 1519
Accompanied Ferdinand
MagellantogetherwithJuan
SebastianElcanointhefamous
expeditiontoMoluccaswhich
beguninAugust1519and
endedinSeptember1522.

7. THE VOYAGE OF FERDINAND
MAGELLAN TO THE PHILIPPINES

8. Ferdinand Magellan
–born on 1480 in Sabrosa,
Portugal.
-His parents died when he was
only 10 years old.
-He became page boy with his
brother Diogoto Queen
Leonor.

9. Ferdinand Magellan
–Many years past until he
visited the Mallaca(now part of
Malaysia).
-He was accussedIllegal
trading, but proved innocent.

10. Ferdinand Magellan
–He went to Spain to present his
idea to King Charles I.
-Majority of crew in the ships are
Spaniards and some are
portugese.

11. September 19, 1519
-He started his voyage from
Spain.
-Santiago –the first ship to be
damaged while they were
sailing.

12. October 21, 1520
-The found the Straight of
Magellan
-San Antonio-the ship that
has returned to Spain.

13. Pacific Ocean
-“Pacificus” –means
Tranquil / Calm
March 15, 1521
-They found Guam
March 16, 1521
-They found HomonhonIsland

14. A Brief Summary of the
First Voyage Around the
World by Magellan by
Antonio Pigafetta

46. Historical Context of the document
ThefirstvoyagearoundtheworldbyAntonio
Pigafettawaswrittenonboardoneofthe5shipsthatwas
firstcircumnavigatetheworldduringanexpeditionthatwas
ledthePortugueseexplorer,FerdinandMagellanandafter
hisdeaththevoyage,byJuanSebastianElcano.The
expeditionstartedin1519andendedinSpainin1522.

48. Name of the Spanish Fleet:
ProvidedbyKingCharlesI
Included5ships:TheTrinidad(55crew)underMagellan’scommand
SanAntonio(60crew)commandedbyJuandeCartagena
Conception(45crew)commandedbyGaspardeQuesada
Santiago(32crew)commandedbyJuanRodriguezSerrano
Victoria(43crew)commandedbyMendoza,whichcarriedthesupplies
andotherprovisions.

49. TheSantiagowasacaravelwhile
otherswereratedascarracks
AttheendofthevoyageofAntonio
Pigafetta,theauthorofthebook,was
onboardinVictoria;thiswastheonly
shipthatwasabletoreturntoSpain.

50. UponarrivalinEurope,Pigafettapresentedcopiesofhisaccount
toseveralhighpersonages,includingPopeClementVII,motherofKing
FrancisofFranceetc.
Hisoriginaldiarywaslost,anditisnotknowninwhatlanguageitwas
written.
Survivein4manuscriptsversions;oneinItalian,3inFrench.

51. AnalysisoftheImportantHistoricalInformationFoundintheDocument
SinceMagellanandhiscrewcrossedtheInternationalDate
Line,thereisonedayaddedtotheoriginaldatesthatAntonio
Pigafettawroteinhisbookforthebetterperspectiveofus
Filipinos.

52. AnalysisoftheImportantHistoricalInformationFoundintheDocument
Throughouttheexpedition,thereservedatranslatornamed
Enrique.EnriquewasfromSumatra(presentdayIndonesia)and
wasslaveofFerdinandMagellan.MagellanacquiredEnriqueasa
slaveatMalacca.

53. MARCH 17, 1521
(originallyMarch16)
ArrivalinZamal(Samaratpresent)
TheislandwascalledHumunu(nowHomonhon)
MagellanandhismencalleditAcquadadalibuoniSegnalli
(“theWatering-placeofGoodSigns”)
Therearemanyislandsinthatdistrict,andthereforethey
calledthemthearchipelagoofSanLazaro,astheywere
discoveredontheSundayofSt.Lazarus.

54. APRIL 1, 1521
(originallyMarch31)
ThefirstmassinthePhilippineswas
heldinMazaua(Limasawa)
ItwasattendedbyMagellan,Raja
Colambu,RajaSiagu,Spanish
voyagers,andthelocalislanders

55. APRIL 8,1521
(originallyApril7)
MagellanandhismenenteredtheportZubu(Cebu)
Initially,Magellanandhismenencounteredsomestruggle
whenfirstenteringtheportofZubu.
The“king”ofZubuwantedMagellanandhismentopaytribute
tothembut,Magellanrefusedandtoldthetranslatorthatthey
areworkingfortheKingofSpainandthreatenshimwithwar.

56. APRIL 15,1521
(originallyApril14)
AmasswasheldwithRajaHumabonandhispeopleattending
theceremony
800soulswerebaptized
PigafettashowedthequeenanimageofourLady,avery
beautifulwoodenchildJesus,andacross

57. APRIL 15,1521
(originallyApril14)
SheaskedforthelittlechildJesustokeepinplaceofheridols
andthisimageofchildJesusisnowknownastheSto.Niño
foundinCebu.

58. ImageofSto.NiñoDe
Jesusgiventothewifeof
RajaHumabon

59. APRIL 27,1521
Zularequestedthecaptaintosendhimonlyoneboatloadof
mentofightagainsttheotherchief.Thecaptain-general
decidedtogowiththreeboatloads.

60. APRIL 28, 1521
(originally April 27)
At midnight, sixty of Magellan’s men set out armed with
corselets and helmets, Christian king, prince, come of
the chief men, 20 or 30 balanghais
The local islanders had lances of bamboo and stakes
hardened with fire.

61. APRIL 28, 1521
(originally April 27)
8 of Magellan’s men were killed, 4 Indians were killed by
mortars.
Cilapulapu’smen, only 15 were killed.

62. The expedition that was held from 1519-1522:
Opened many doors for Spain together with many other
different countries around the world due to the different
discoveries from this expedition.
Led the world to be a more globalized society because
of how other countries were revealed to the European
countries.

63. The expedition that was held from 1519-1522:
Business rose because of the discoveries that made up
the different products. Collaborations were also made
that benefited the different sides.
Opened many doors for the Philippines
Helped us in knowing how the early Filipinos lived by the
account of a primary source who witnessed it firsthand.

64. The expedition that was held from 1519-1522:
Will help us understand how the Filipinos of the past
lived and how they coped when Magellan and his men
came to the Philippines.
We discover what religion Filipinos used to have and
they became Christians.
We also find out how the first Filipino fought and
delayed the Spanish occupation by years.

65. Pigafetta’sjournalisalsoavitalpiecenot
onlyofPhilippinehistory,butalsoofWorld
history.Henarratedtheeventsthattranspiredin
awaythatgivesthereadersofhisjournalaclear
pictureofwhatitwasliketobepartofthefirst
voyagearoundtheworld.

66. ImportanceoftheDocument
Itisessentialinthestudyofprecolonial
Philippinessinceitprovidedreferenceson
Magellan’sarrivalinthePhilippines,his
encounterwiththenatives,untilhisdeath
andhisfleet’sdeparture.

67. ImportanceoftheDocument
Thedocumentalsoexposesonhow
Europeansregardedtheenvironment,
people,aswellasourcultureduringtheir
stayintheislands.

68. ImportanceoftheDocument
Italsorevealsaclearerdescriptiononthe
characteroftheprecolonialPhilippines.

69. CONTENTANDCONTEXTUALANALYSIS
Indeed,Pigafetta’sdocumentisreallyofgreat
significanceinthestudyofPhilippinehistorysince
thisistheearliest,detailed,andpurest
documentationofourprecolonialsociety.However,
uponreadingthedocument,oneshouldrealizethat
therearesomebiasesalongwiththeauthor.Here
aresomefactorsandtheeffectsonPigafetta’s
wayofwriting:

70. Factors Effects
Pigafettawasachronicler,
commissionedbytheKing
ofSpaintotravelwith
Magellananddocument
theirvoyagewhichintends
toexpandtheSpanish
empire.
Thus, his loyalty and purpose
was to the King of Spain and
the domination of the Catholic
Church.
He was a scholar of
cartography and
geography.
Thus, he was able to give
details on geography and
climate of the places they
had reached.

71. Factors Effects
He came from a 16
th
century European
perspective.
Thus,herepeatedly
mentionedtheabundanceof
spiceslikeginger,andgold
sincethe16
th
century
Europeaneconomywas
mercantilistmeaningwealth
ofkingdomswasbasedon
theiraccumulationof
preciousmetalslikegoldand
silver.Also,obsessionwith
spicesrevealsthattheywere
scarceinEuropeandwere
seenasvaluablegoods.

72. Factors Effects
Thus,Pigafettadirectlyor
indirectlyregardedthe
indigenousofournativeFilipinos
asinferiortoChristianityandthe
Europeans.Also,hewould
alwaysremarkonthenakedness
ofthenativesandhowhewas
fascinatedbytheirexoticculture.
Andlastly,heremarkably
emphasizedthenatives’
amazementandilliteracyto
European artilleries,
merchandiseandgoods.
He came from a rich
family in Italy.