Download Reading in Philippine History reviewer for prelims, midterms, and finals and more Summaries History in PDF only on Docsity! ITE OF THE F MASS MASAO (BUTUAN) or LIMASAWA (SOUTHERN LEYTE) Ne FO ° AFTER THE S, A WOODEN CROSS WAS PLAIN Fé THE HILL UPON ITS SUMMIT a ee SS ge MASAO ¢ 1774 CENTURY fa FATHER FRANCISCO COLIN S.J (LABOR EVANGELICA) “ON EASTER DAY, IN THE TERRITORY OF BUTUAN, THE FIRST MASS EVER OFFERED IN THESE PARTS WAS CELEBRATED AND A CROSS PLANTED.” » FATHER FRANCISCO COMBES S.J (HISTORIA DE MINDANAO y JOLO) “MAGELLAN LANDED AT BUTUAN AND THERE PLANTED THE CROSS IN A SOLEMN CEREMONY.” > COMPARISON OF BOTH ACCOUNTS (COLIN AND COMBES) 18™ CENTURY > ONE PASSAGE IN COLIN WHICH SEEMS “QCQBF TO HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD, MISLED f- SOME LATER WRITERS. FRAY JUAN DE LA CONCEPCION, ONE OF THE MAJOR HISTORIANS WHO MADE THE ERROR RELATED TO COLIN. MASAO 19™ CENTURY Pe FRAY JOAQUIN MARTINEZ de ZUNIGA (HISTORIA de FILIPINAS) is THE BUTUAN TRADITION WAS TAKEN FOR GRANTED SINCE MISSTATEMENTS IN THE PASSAGES ARE NUMEROUS IF COMPARED TO THE ACCOUNT OF PIGAFETTA. LIMASAWA EVIDENCES 1. THE EVIDENCE OF PIGAFETTA a.) PIGAFETTA’S TESTIMONY REGARDING THE ROUTE; b.) THE EVIDENCE OF PIGAFETTA’S MAP; c.) THE TWO NATIVE KING; d.) THE SEVEN DAYS AT “MAZAUA’"; e.) AN ARGUMENT FROM OMISSION LIMASAWA EVIDENCE @) @ FERDINAND MAGELLAN ANCHORED OFF THE EASTERN SHORE OF A SMALL ISLAND CALLED MAZAUA. THERE THEY STAYED A WEEK, DURING WHICH ON EASTER * BE CAG OUNS HOC art ae: us =| ¢ THE ISLAND OF MAZAUA LIES AT A LATITUDE OF NINE oe as AND TWO-THIRDS DEGREES NORTH. =e ¢ IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH OF LEYTE, AND ITS Bol LATITUDE CORRESPOND TO THE POSITION AND LATITUDE OF THE ISLAND OF LIMASAWA, WHOSE SOUTHERN TOP LIES AT 9 DEGREES AND 54 MINUTES NORTH. LIMASAWA THE MOST COMPLETE AND RELIABLE ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN EXPEDITION INTO THE PHILIPPINE SHORES IN 1521 IS THAT OF ANTONIO PIGAFETTA WHICH IS DEEMED AS THE ONLY CREDIBLE—_ PRIMARY RIES ROBERTSON’S SOURCE OF REPORTS ON THE 1H TRANSLATION OF CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST -_ RIGINAL ITALIAN CHRISTIAN MASS ON = IPT OF PIGAFETIA’S ACCOUNT IS MOST RELIABLE FOR BEING “FAITHFUL” TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT AS DULY CERTIFIED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES’ DEPARTMENT OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGE. PIGAFETTA’S MAZAUA, ere ole OF] HE FIRST CHRISTIAN MASS HELD ON PHILIPPINE SOIL, IS AN ISLAND LYING OFF THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF EERE.
