Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (English: ''Events in the Philippine Islands'') is a book written and published by

Antonio de Morga Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay (29 November 1559 – 21 July 1636) was a Spanish soldier, lawyer and a high-ranking colonial official for 43 years, in the Philippines (1594 to 1604), New Spain and Peru, where he was president of the Real Audienc ...

considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. It was published in 1609 after he was reassigned to

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in two volumes by Casa de Geronymo Balli, in

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. The first English translation was published in

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in 1868 and another English translation by Blair and

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was published in Cleveland in 1907. The work greatly impressed the Philippine national hero

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national he ...

and decided to annotate it and publish a new edition and began working on it in London and completing it in

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in 1890.

History

's Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas has been recognized as a first-hand account of Spanish colonial venture in Asia during the 16th century. The book was first published in

in 1609 and has been re-edited number of times. The

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, a text publication society in 1851 catches its attention and an edition was prepared by H. E. J. Stanley but was only published in 1868. Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas is based on Antonio de Morga's personal experiences and other documentations from eye-witnesses of the events such as the survivors of

Miguel López de Legazpi Miguel López de Legazpi (12 June 1502 – 20 August 1572), also known as '' El Adelantado'' and ''El Viejo'' (The Elder), was a Spaniard who, from the age of 26, lived and built a career in Mexico (then the Viceroyalty of New Spain) and, i ...

's Philippine expedition.

The title literary means ''Events in the Philippine Islands'' and thus the books primary goal is a documentation of events during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines as observed by the author himself. The book also includes Filipino customs, traditions, manners, and religion during the Spanish conquest.

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{{reflist Philippine books Spanish-language books Primary sources on Philippine history in the 16th century

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