_____Pigafetta takes reasonable observations among the natives. _____The Spanish navigators encountered an intensive battle with the natives. _____The island was the center of trade and commerce between the Islanders and the Europeans
Direction: Assuming that the information below is true, it is possible to establish other facts using the ones in this paragraph as a basis for reasoning. Tick in the proper symbol in the space provided.
T – if the statement may be inferred as TRUE
F – if the statement may be inferred as UNTRUE
N – if no inference can be drawn about it from the paragraph.
Case 1
In his chronicle, Antonio Pigafetta mentioned that “These people have no arms, but use sticks, which have a fish bone at the end. They are poor, but ingenious, and great thieves, and for the sake of what we called these three islands the Ladrones Islands”. (Blair E. & Robertson J.A. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXXIII, 1519-1522. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clarke Company. p. 16)
_____Pigafetta takes reasonable observations among the natives.
_____The Spanish navigators encountered an intensive battle with the natives.
_____The island was the center of trade and commerce between the Islanders and the Europeans.
_____There is an existence of rich European contact in the island of Guam (Ladrones) by the time Magellan and his men landed in the area.
_____Antonio Pigafetta’s perspective was Eurocentric which resulted in his superior judgement towards the natives.
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