PRE COLONIAL PHILIPPINES Flashcards
What was one of the benefits that Europeans gained from the Crusades
The discovery of some products that were not available in their home country
It became the most expensive commodityamong Europeans and many merchants
SPICES
The spice trade or the
Silk Road or the Arabian-Italian trade route
He put a maritime School
Prince Henry
Spice Islands known as the
Moluccas Islands
The route enabled the to
TRADE DIRECTLY WITH THE PRODUCERS OF SPICES AND OTHER ORIENTAL GOODS
This event resulted in the rise of Spain as world power.
marriage of Queen Isabella of Castille amd King Ferdinand II of Aragon coupled with victory of the catholic monarchs over the Moors in the Battle of Granada
Financed trans-Atlantic voyages of _______
Christopher Columbus
Financed trans-Atlantic voyages of Christopher Columbus resulted in the _________
DISCOVERIES OF TERRITORIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
What was the plan/proposal of Magellan which had the support of the Spanish monarch
To go to the east by sailing westward
Magellan-Elcano Expedition left the _________ on _______
Port of Sanlucar de Barrameda in Seville
August 20, 1519
What was the Main Purpose of Magellan’s Voyage
TO SEARCH FOR A NEW MARITIME PATH TO THE SPICE ISLANDS THAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE SPAIN’S TREATY WITH PORTUGAL
Spanish Attempt amd Voyages
He found an alternative short route to Asia (Santa Catalina, Pinta, Nina) and he also DISCOVERED the “new world” American Continent
Christopher Columbus (1492)
He issued the Papal Bull of Inter Caetera on May 3, 1493 in which he authorizes Spain and Portugal to colonize the Americas and its native peoples as subjects
Pope Alexander VI
The decree of Pope Alexander VI asserts and justifies what
It asserts the rights of Spain and Portugal to COLONIZE, CONVERT, AND ENSLAVE. It also justifies the enslavement of Africans
East is for
Portugal
West is for
Spain
Imaginary line was drawn from
NORTH TO SOUTH AT 100° WEST OF THE AZORES
Privisions of Treaty of Tordesillas (June 7, 1494)
- Imaginary line of 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands
- If ships discovered lands east of the demarcation line, said lands should be returned to Portugal
- No Portuguese ships shall be sent to lands belonging to Spain
Name the 5 boats in the Voyage
Trinidad
Victoria
Santiago
San Antonio
Concepcion
TRUE/FALSE
Ferdinand Magellan is a Spanish
FALSE. a portuguese
How many ships have only reached the Philippines
3
Trinidad (lead by Magellan)
Victoria ( Elcano)
Concepcion
On march 17, 1521, F. Magellan and his crew sighted what
The Mountains of what is now Samar, “islas de san lazarus”
when. was. the ship Victoria arrived in Spain with few survivors and one of them is Antonio Pigafetta
September 7, 1522
He was born in the town of Vicenza. He”s known in the fields of Astronomy, Geography and Cartography and worked in the ships owned by the Knights of Rhodes
Antonion Pigafetta
Antonio Pigafettta joined the
DELEGATIOM OF MONSIGNOR FRANCESCO CHIEREGATI
these are men coming from prominent families who will join the trio for adventure and advancement of military service
SOBRESALIENTES (SUPERNUMERARIES)
A condensed version of Pigafetta’s manuscript was published in_____
by _______
Venice, Italy
Jacques Fabre
TRUE/FALSE
The original journal of Pigafetta dis not survive time and what was handed down are copies of the manuscript that were never printed in his lifetime
TRUE
It is the longest and most comprehensive out of the four primary sources that dealt with the Magellan Expedition
PIGAFETTA’S ACCOUNT
In Pigafetta’s book, he…
-recounted the individual fates of the 5 ships
-naretaed how they surviced the unforseen problems and challenges such as shortage of food, diseases, crew’s lack of Magellan’s leadership, hostile attiude of the people they encountered
provided maps, glossaries of native words and geographuc infor.
- descriotions of flora and fauna of the places
Exerpts from Magellans Voyage around the world
- the excerpts is not presented in its entirety
- limited to the narration of what happened to the expedition upon reaching the Phil.
- Pigafetta and Enrique de Malacca were not natives of the Visayan Region
Where did Magellan and his crew reached
THE ISLANDS OF HOMONHON( SAMAR)- THE ARCHIPELAGO OF SAN LAZARO
Excerpts from Magellan’s Voyage around the world
- reaching the islands of Homonhon
- the abundance of foods in the islands such as coconuts
- exchange of goods
- the hospitality of the natives
- painted natives (pintados)
- abundance of golds
- counduct of First Mass and the construction of a cross in the mountain
-Balangahai as the mode of tramsportation from island to another
What are the painted natives called
PINTADOS
The mode of transpo from island to another
BALANGHAI
Where did Magellan and his crew stayed for 7 days
MAZAUA OR LIMASAWA
THEY STAYED IN MAZAUA(LIMASAWA) AND MOVED NORTHWEST PASSING THE ISLANDS OF ______
CEYLON
BOHOL
CANIGHAN
BAYBAI
GATIGHAN
When did they arrived in the Port of Zubu (Cebu)
April 7, 1521
Symbolizes or signifies the friendshio between Magellan and the king of Zubu
Blood Compact
Rajah Humabon was converted and baptized and was given the name of
DON CARLO
The wife/queen of Rajah Humabon was baptized as
Johanna
What did magellan gave to the queen as his replacement for her idols
Child Jesus
TRUE/FALSE
Villages rendered obedience to Magellan and the king (Rajah Humabon)
TRUE
They are the 2 Mactan Chiefs
Zula and Cilapulapu
TRUE/FALSE
Zula and Cilapulapu, mactan chuefs, obeyed the King of Spain
FALSE. tgey refused to obey
When was the Battle of Mactan happened
APRIL 27, 1521
How did Magellan die?
He was shot in the right leg with a poisoned arrow
Pigafetta’s Account’s Relevance
- Contributed to the European historiography as it preserved and popularized the achievement of Magellan-Elcano expedition
- Magellan’s contributions in the field of geography, navigation and history
- Contributed in the enrichment of Philippine Historiography providing us a glimpse of the political, economic and social conditions of the Visayas region during the 16th cent.
- Description of the appearance, social life, religious beliefs, and cultural practices of the people they encountered in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Cebu
- Economic activities of the local folks amd the goods the offered for trade
- A source of historical information about the beginning of Christianity in the Philippines
Magellans contributions (geography, navigation, history)
- For proving that the Earth is not flat but an oblate sphere
- Completed the first circumnavugation around the world
- Confirmed that the Portugues route is not the only way to the Spice Islands and that you can go East by sailing west
- Brought the attention of the European that on the other side of American continent exists a large body of water named Mar Pacifico (Pacific Ocean
He was Magellan’s slave/interpreter
Enrique de Malacca
Enrique de Malacca (Magellan’s Slave/interpreter) was a native of
the Malay Archipelago
On pigafettas acc. he named enrique de malacca as
HENRIQUE
It is a manuscript written circa 1595 which contains illustrations of Filipinos at the time of their initial contact with the Spanish.
BOXER CODEX
The visayans had _________ or __________ while in Zambales they were _______
Tattoed bodies or fair-skinned
darker and had a hairstyle that involved shaving the forehead and front half of the head but reatining loose long hair at the back
_______ discretely distinguished the differences of social ranking from one place to another
Clothing (or the lack of it)
” shimmering sashes of woven gold with ornate repousse buckles.. while lighter cloth waistbands adorned with cord weight,,
A pair of gold-embellished Visayan Noble Couple
Dress of tge women is not as neat nir elegant as that of the Bisayans because they wrap a cotton or taffeta mantle with very little polish. Theybwear jackets and skirts.
wear their dress skin tight gathering it to the. waist and breast
A Tagalog Noble Couple
The women carry much gold jewelry because they are richer than the Bisayans. Men and women wear many bracelets and chains of gold in the arms
Naturales Tagalos Noble Couple
“if some close relative dies/killed, they have to kill other men to avenge and until mourning is done, they. ut off their hair at the back and in front, stop eating rice, and promise not to do other things until they have achieved their revenge”
A pir of male and female hunters from Zambales
They are covered in tattoos. They have another type of clothing, which consists of cotton blankets.
Men: they wear fine multi-colored head scarfs which they wear as some sort of Turkish turban. They call these in their language as _____
Visayan Principal Couple
“feathered headdress. Theybwear their hair lomg up to the shoulders and cut short at the front up to the temples. Theybwear on their head crowns or garlands made of fragrant herbs. Their weapons are lances and shields.
Cagayan Warrior
“majority of bowmen” they have many herbs a drop of which, introduced into the bloodstream, would cause quick death, unless remedied by another herb
Negrillos or Negrito
“they also wear many golden chains around the neck, specially if they are chiefs bcoz these are what they value the most. Some wear more than 10 or 12 of these chains. They do nit have long hair as they cut it as in Spain’s
Naturales Tagalos
“The moros (Islamized Tagalogs) are dressed with clothes of cotton and nit naked like the Bisayans.. from the calves of the knees they wear many chainlets often made of brass, which they call bitiques (bitiks)
Tagalog Common Men
“Women wear round diadems made of gold on their heads and over their hair, which is kept loose. This is if they were wives of the chief. If of others, the diadems they are made of tortoise shell”
Tagalog Common Women
“They eat raw meat better than dogs, because in killing a carabao, they slice it open and eat the innards without washing or cleaning any part, and they consider this a great delicacy
Zambales Hunting team
“when they kill someone, they remove the head and incise it in a crown pattern with a bararao, and suck the brains out. They then save the head/skull as treasured property and trophybrepresenting the number of men they have killed which served as their basis kung hatagan ba ka great hnir or most feared ba ka
A Zambales Hunting Pair
who belonged to the nobility is depicted with gold embellishments
Visayan Couple
“The natives possess much gold… but they do not want to show them to the Spaniards, fearing that the Spaniards. would appropriate these. They also have some stones that they value very highly called/_____
Cagayan Woman
Bulaganes and Bahandines
