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