1. By: Eurichelle Anne P. Villegas
ABC-101

2. • Early Chinese traders &
geographers during the pre-
Spanish era already knew the
Philippines.

3. • Referred the Philippine Island as
“Ma-yi”

4. • A Chinese trade official
• Gave detailed account of his
travel of various parts of the
islands in 1225.
• He called the Philippines “Ma-i”

5. •In 1521, he named the islands
“Islas de San Lazaro”

6. • The name „Philippines‟ came
• Given by the spanish navigator
Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (1543).

7. The rare Asian map published in Venice, Italy.

8. • Jesuit Historian
• Called Manila “Pearl of the Orient”
since it became a rich outlet of
Asian trade. While the country‟s
foremost hero, Dr. Jose Rizal
gave the name “Pearl of the
Orient Seas” to his Native
land(1896).

9. Artemio Ricarte
• Proposed the name “Rizaline
Republic”
• a Katipunan General

10. Ferdinand Marcos
• Former President
• Proposed the name „Maharlika‟