page_title: Historiography of the Philippines
section_title: Early chroniclers
hierarchical_section_title: Historiography of the Philippines / Colonial period / Early chroniclers
caption_attribution_description: The title page of the book Sucesos_de_las_Islas_Filipinas, published in 1609 by Antonio de Morga (1559-1636)
context_page_description: The historiography of the Philippines includes historical and archival research and writing on the history of the Philippine archipelago including the islands of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
  Before the arrival of Spanish colonial powers the Philippines did not actually exist. Southeast Asia is classified as part of the Indosphere and the Sinosphere. The archipelago has direct contact with China during Song dynasty and has been a part of the Srivijaya and Majapahit empires.
context_section_description: Antonio Pigafetta
  Rodrigo de Aganduru Moriz
  Hernando de Riquel
  Miguel López de Legazpi
  Juan de Plasencia
  Pedro de San Buenaventura
  Pedro Chirino
caption: Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
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