READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

COURSE OUTLINE (with References/Bibliography)

I. Course Overview:
 Definition of History
 Necessity of Studying History
 Sources of Historical Data
 External and Internal Criticisms
 Causative Interpretations of History

Marwick, Arthur. “What is History?” History in Focus.

https://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/marwick1.html

Morano, Wilson. The Foundations of Philippine History

http://wilsonmorano.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/2/4/2524195/history_to_pre-colonial.pdf

Historical Skills
https://www.awm.gov.au/sites/default/files/primary-historical-skills.pdf

Primary and Secondary Sources. Ithaca College Library

https://library.ithaca.edu/sp/subjects/primary#box-9993

II. The Physical Landscape: Maps as Primary Sources of Geographic Data

Alabern, C. “Islas Filipinas.” Cartoteca Digital.

http://www.oldmapsonline.org/map/icc/RM.169405

“Historical Maps of the Philippines.” Alabama Maps. Last modified Feb. 28,
2018. http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/asia/PhilippinesIndex.htm

National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

http://www.namria.gov.ph/download.php

III. Pre-Hispanic Philippines

Barretto-Tesoro, Grace. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic

Viewpoints. vol. 61 no. 3 (2013): 263–96.
https://journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/index.php/PS/article/download/1687/1711

Morga, Antonio. History of the Philippine Islands

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7001

Walker, H. Wilfrid. Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2564

Description of the Philippines. Chao Ju-kua, a Chinese official and geographer, ca. 1280. The Philippine
Islands. Volume XXXIV, 1519–1522; 1280–1605. Blair & Robertson. pp. 183-194.

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 IV. The Hispanization of the Philippines: Background, Process, & Impact

Letter of authorization to Falero and Magalhães. Cárlos I of Spain; Valladolid, March 22, 1518. The
Philippine Islands. Volume I, 1493-1529. Blair & Robertson. pp. 294-295

Primo viaggio intorno al mondo. (Part 1) Antonio Pigafetta. Italian text with English translation. MS.
ca. 1525, of events of 1519–1522. The Philippine Islands. Volume XXXIII, 1519–1522. Blair &
Robertson. pp. 26-272.

Primo viaggio intorno al mondo (Part 2). Antonio Pigafetta. Italian text with English translation. MS.
ca. 1525, of events of 1519–1522. The Philippine Islands. Volume XXXIV, 1519–1522; 1280–1605. Blair
& Robertson. pp. 38-182.

De Molvccis Insulis. [Letter to the Cardinal of Salzburg, describing Magalhães's voyage to the
Moluccas.] Maximillianus Transylvanus; Coloniæ, 1523. The Philippine Islands. Volume I, 1493-1529.
Blair & Robertson. p. 305-338

Letters to Felipe II of Spain. M.L. de Legazpi and others; Cubu, May 27 and 29,
and June 1, 1565. The Philippine Islands. Volume II, 1521-1569. Blair & Robertson.

Letters to Felipe II of Spain. M.L. de Legazpi; Cubu, July 12, 15, and 23, 1567 and June 26, 1568. The
Philippine Islands. Volume II, 1521-1569. Blair & Robertson.

Letter from the royal officials of the Filipinas to the royal Audiencia at Mexico,
accompanied by a memorandum of the necessary things to be sent to the colony. Guido de Labecares
and others; Cubu, May 28, 1565. The Philippine Islands. Volume II, 1521-1569. Blair & Robertson.

Negotiations between Legazpi and Pereiraregarding the Spanish settlement at

Cebú. Fernando Riquel; 1568-69. The Philippine Islands. Volume II, 1521-1569. Blair & Robertson.
Evidence Regarding the Portuguese Expedition Against Cebu—1570. The Philippine Islands. Volume
III, 1569–1576. Blair & Robertson. pp. 113-120

Foundation of the city of Manila. Fernando Riquel; Manilla, June 19, 1572.
The Philippine Islands. Volume III, 1569–1576. Blair & Robertson. pp. 173

Affairs in the Philippines after the death of Legazpi. Guido de Lavezaris; Manila, June 29, 1573. The
Philippine Islands. Volume III, 1569–1576. Blair & Robertson. pp. 179-189.

Slavery among the natives. Guido de Lavezaris; [July?]. The Philippine Islands. Volume III, 1569–1576.
Blair & Robertson. pp. 286-289.

Expeditions to Borneo, Jolo, and Mindanao. Francisco de Sande and others; Manila, April 19, 1578, to
June 10, 1579. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Volume IV, 1576-1582. Blair & Robertson.

Measures regarding trade with China. Felipe II, and others; Madrid and Manila; June 17-November 15,
1586. The Philippine Islands. Volume VI, 1583-1588. Blair & Robertson. pp. 279-289.

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 Brief erecting Franciscan province of the Philippines. Sixtus V; Rome, November 15, 1586. The
Philippine Islands. Volume VI, 1583-1588. Blair & Robertson. pp. 290-294.

Customs of the Tagalogs (two relations). Juan de Plasencia, O.S.F.; Manila, October 21, 1589. The
Philippine Islands. Volume VII, 1588–1591. Blair & Robertson. pp. 173-196.

The Chinese and the Parián at Manila. Domingo de Salazar; Manila, June 24, 1590. The Philippine
Islands. Volume VII, 1588–1591. Blair & Robertson. pp. 212-238.

The collection of tributes in the Filipinas Islands. Domingo de Salazar, and others; Manila, 1591. The
Philippine Islands. Volume VII, 1588–1591. Blair & Robertson. pp. 265-318.

Articles of contract for the conquest of Mindanao. Gomez Perez Dasmariñas and Estevan Rodriguez
de Figueroa; Manila, May 12, 1591. The Philippine Islands. Volume VIII, 1591–1593. Blair & Robertson.
pp. 73-77.

Rules for the Manila hospital. G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila, May 31, 1592. The Philippine Islands. Volume
VIII, 1591–1593. Blair & Robertson. pp. 245-250.

Lawsuits in the Philippine Islands. Felipe II; Madrid, January 17, 1593. The Philippine Islands. Volume
VIII, 1591–1593. Blair & Robertson. pp. 312-.

List of Philippine villages reduced by the Spaniards. [Unsigned and undated; 1594?]. The Philippine
Islands. Volume IX, 1593–1597. Blair & Robertson. pp. 81-85.

Formation of new dioceses. Felipe II; Madrid, June 17, 1595. The Philippine Islands. Volume IX, 1593–
1597. Blair & Robertson. pp. 150-153.

Letter to Felipe II. Antonio de Morga; Manila, June 25, 1595. The Philippine Islands. Volume IX, 1593–
1597. Blair & Robertson. pp. 154-.

Pacification of Mindanao. Juan de Ronquillo; Tanpaca, May 10, 1597. The Philippine Islands. Volume
IX, 1593–1597. Blair & Robertson. pp. 281-298.

Report, of conditions in the Philippines. Antonio de Morga; Manila, June 8, 1598. The Philippine
Islands. Volume X, 1597–1599. Blair & Robertson. pp. 75-102.

The hospital for Indians at Manila. Domingo de Santiago and Antonio Valerio; Manila, July 3, 1599.
The Philippine Islands. Volume XI, 1599-1602. Blair & Robertson. pp. 82-85.

The pacification of Mindanao. [Unsigned and undated; 1600?]. The Philippine Islands. Volume XI,
1599-1602. Blair & Robertson. p. 135-.

Report to the governor, on the battle with the Dutch. Antonio de Morga; Manila,
January 5, 1601. The Philippine Islands. Volume XI, 1599-1602. Blair & Robertson. pp. 173-.

Pintados menaced by Mindanao pirates. Juan Juarez Gallinato, and others; off Mindanao, May 29-
June 4, 1602. The Philippine Islands. Volume XI, 1599-1602. Blair & Robertson. pp. 292- .

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 The Sangley insurrection. Pedro de Acuña, and others; Manila, December 12-23, 1603. The Philippine
Islands. Volume XII, 1601-1604. Blair & Robertson. pp. 142- .

Grant to the Jesuit seminary at Cebú. Pedro Chirino;[undated; 1604?]. The Philippine Islands. Volume
XIII, 1604-1605. Blair & Robertson. pp. 251-255.

Chinese immigration in the Philippines. Pedro Muñoz de Herrera, and others; July–November, 1606.
The Philippine Islands. Volume XIV, 1606–1609. Blair & Robertson. pp. 189-192.

Trade of the Philippines with Mexico. Madrid, December 18, 1607. The Philippine Islands. Volume XIV,
1606–1609. Blair & Robertson. pp. 214-217.

Annual receipts and expenditures of the Philippine government. Pedro de Caldierva de Mariaca;
Manila, Aug. 18, 1608. The Philippine Islands. Volume XIV, 1606–1609. Blair & Robertson. pp. 243-
269.

Secular priests in the Philippines. Felipe Pardo, O.P.; [Manila], June 6, 1680. The Philippine Islands.
Volume XLV, 1736. Blair & Robertson. pp. 182.

Royal decree concerning native schools. Cárlos II; Madrid, June 20, 1686.
The Philippine Islands. Volume XLV, 1736. Blair & Robertson. pp. 184-185.

Royal decree ordering the teaching of Spanish in native schools. Cárlos IV; December 22, 1792. The
Philippine Islands. Volume XLV, 1736. Blair & Robertson. pp. 221-222.

Public instruction. Sinibaldo de Mas, Madrid, 1843. [From his Informe.] The Philippine Islands. Volume
XLV, 1736. Blair & Robertson. pp. 246-262.

Educational institutions and conditions. J. Mallat; Paris, 1846. [From his

Les Philippines.] The Philippine Islands. Volume XLV, 1736. Blair & Robertson. pp. 263-278.

Public instruction. José Montero y Vidal; Madrid, 1886. [From his Archipiélago filipino.] The Philippine
Islands. Volume XLV, 1736. Blair & Robertson. pp. 296-303.

Usurpation of Indian lands by friars. Fernando VI; San Lorenzo, November 7, 1751. The Philippine
Islands. Volume XLVIII, 1751–1765. Blair & Robertson. pp. 27-36

Moro raids repulsed by Visayans. [Unsigned]; Manila, [1755] The Philippine Islands. Volume XLVIII,
1751–1765. Blair & Robertson. pp. 37-51.

Conquest of Manila by the English, 1762, and other events, 1762–1765

Plan of an expedition for the conquest of the southern Philippines. [Sir William
Draper?; Canton, ca., 1759?]. The Philippine Islands. Volume XLIX, 1762–1765. Blair & Robertson. pp.
27-43.

Instructions to the secular clergy. Basilio Sancho de Santa Justa y Rufina; Manila, October 25, 1771.
The Philippine Islands. Volume L, 1764–1800. Blair & Robertson. pp. 265-268.

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 The expulsion of the Jesuits, 1768–69. [Compiled from various sources.]. . The Philippine Islands.
Volume L, 1764–1800. Blair & Robertson. pp. 269-316.

Representation of Filipinas in Cortes. [Compiled from various sources.]. The Philippine Islands. Volume
LI, 1801–1840. Blair & Robertson. pp. 279-297.

Mac Micking, Robert. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines during 1848, 1849, and 1850.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1851.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20189/20189-h/20189-h.htm

V. Nationalism & Revolution

Aguinaldo, Emilio F. True Version of the Philippine Revolution. 1899.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12996/12996-h/12996-h.htm

Mrs. Andres Bonifacio’s Letter to Emilio Jacinto Re: Bonifacio’s Arrest (English Translation)
http://malacanang.gov.ph/3607-mrs-andres-bonifacios-letter-to-emilio-jacinto-re-bonifacios-arrest-
english-translation/

Inauguration of the Provisional Government of the Visayas in Iloilo, Nov. 17, 1898
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1725/today-in-philippine-history-november-17-1898-a-
provisional-revolutionary-government-of-the-district-of-visayas-was-inaugurated

Acta de la Proclamación de la Independencia del Pueblo Filipino

http://digitallibrary.ust.edu.ph/cdm/ref/collection/section5/id/136015

Tan Antonio S. The Chinese Mestizos and the Formation of the Filipino Nationality. In: Archipel,
volume 32, 1986. pp. 141-162; doi : 10.3406/arch.1986.2316
http://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_1986_num_32_1_2316

VI. The Americanization of Pepe & Pilar

Full Text of Pres. William McKinley's BENEVOLENT ASSIMILATION PROCLAMATION Dated December
21, 1898.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/benevolent.html

Freeman, N. N. A Soldier in the Philippines. 1901.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27259

St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904 Philippine Exposition

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/2013/6/little-brown-brothers-st-louis-blues-the-
philippine-exposition-1904-st-louis-worlds-fair

Philippine Legislative Elections, May 10, 1919

https://philippinepresshistory.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/vi-philippine-magazines-during-the-
american-occupation/

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 Statement before the Committee on insular affairs on conditions in the Philippine Islands by Felipe
Buencamino. May 31, June 3 and 4, 1902. United States.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.afj2372.0001.001

Pardo de Tavera, T. H. The Legacy of Ignorantism. An address delivered before the Teachers
Assembly, Baguio, April 23, 1920.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27863

Motoe Terami - Wada. The Sakdal Movement, 1930-34.

www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/viewFile/1039/1023
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074677660;view=1up;seq=3

VII. Post-colonial Philippine Society (1946-1970)

Manuel Roxas, Sergio Osmeña, Hilario Moncado, first postwar presidential election
https://philippinesfreepress.wordpress.com/1946/04/

1954 Coca Cola Commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2joQMBSBoRo

Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange as of March 31, 1965. Treasury Dept. Fiscal Service, Bureau of
Accounts. 1966.
https://www.gpo.gov/.../GOVPUB-T63_100-d2630baf32592aadaaefa5ce3310fb36.pd

Economic nationalism: voices from the past

http://opinion.inquirer.net/78722/economic-nationalism-voices-from-the-past#ixzz5KvIVxTWn

VIII. The Marcos Era

http://video48.blogspot.com/2008/05/september-3-1965-movie-on-marcos.html

Aquino, Benigno S.. A Garrison State in the Make and Other Speeches. Legaspi Village, Makati, Metro
Manila: Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Foundation, 1985.
http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1968/10/05/sabah-a-game-of-diversion-by-senator-benigno-s-
aquino-jr/

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/03/13/918984/ninoy-vowed-drop-sabah-claim-get-kl-
support-vs-marcos

The Jabidah Massacre of 1968

http://www.bantayog.org/the-jabidah-massacre-of-1968/

United Nations Malaysia Mission Report, “Final Conclusions of the Secretary-General,” 14 September
1963

Look Back At The Philippine Free Press’ Marcos-Era Editorial Cartoons

https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/look-back-at-the-philippine-free-press-marcos-era-editorial-
cartoons-a00207-20170925-lfrm

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 Historic role and contributions of Kabataang Makabayan
https://www.ndfp.org/historic-role-and-contributions-of-kabataang-makabayan/

Communist Party of the Philippines–New People's Army

http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/149

Chan Robles Virtual Law Library “Supreme Court Decisions: 1901-2017”

http://www.chanrobles.com/cralaw/