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| Ang mga kanyon ay nakasakay na ngayon sa munting karwahe. |
MGA MAKASAYSAYANG KANYON NG BOAC, 1751.
Opisyal na idineklarang mga mahahalagang artefacts at yaman.
Kinumpirma ng National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) ang
katumpakan ng nasaliksik na datos na naisulat ng inyong abang lingkod.
Tila walang seryosong pagpansin sa mga kanyon sa Casa Real
ng Boac noon dahil ang mga ito ay nakatambak lamang kung saan saan.
Subalit matapos basahin ang blog ko noong Hunyo 8, 2012 ni
dating Konsehal Myke Magalang hinggil sa aking nadiskubre tungkol sa mga kanyon
ay nag-isponsor ng isang resolusyon ang butihing Konsehal (God bless him) para
sa proteksyon at konserbasyon ng nasabing mga kanyon.
NHCP Chair, Dr. Maria Serena I. Diokno, confirmed the
accuracy of the historical data posted on this blog and used it in addition to
its own research as basis for declaring them important municipal artefacts and
treasures. The March 13, 2014 NHCP letter reads in part:
“Based on our research, "IEC" cannons were manufactured in the 17th to 18th centuries. A key source is the study conducted by the US Department of the Interior Minerals-Management Service (1989) on the archaeological site at the Gulf of Mexico where three cast iron cannons with fabrication marks "IEC" on their right trunnions were recovered. A similar study of the Society of Historical Archaeology (1990) recovered 2 more IEC cannons in the same area. Analyses of the various data suggest that the site was either the location of a possible grounding of a vessel with subsequent lightening by intentional discard of unnecessary ballast, or a plain shipwreck site. But these studies arrived at a consensus that the cannons were of Swedish origin. The gunfounder marks "IEC" belonged to Jesper (Eliaeson) Ehrencreutz (1648-1722) who founded the Eherendals Bruk Foundry (1690-1722).
“In light of these sources, we confirm the accuracy of the historical data in the Resolution as the basis for declaring 1751 cannons as important municipal artefacts and treasures. We also support your action of securing a place inside the Municipal Building, the original site of the Casa Real, for these cannons."
Aba ay ang ganda pala naman ng kinalabasan!
Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, basahin naman natin ang bahagi na lamang ng SB Resolution
adopted Aug. 5, 2013:
“Whereas, currently the three Spanish-period cannons which were used by the Spaniards during their colonization of the Municipality of Boac were left abandoned in front of the Casa Real for almost a decade already, exposed to various elements, unprotected and needing proper preservation;
“Whereas, the biggest of the three cannons has the letters “IEC” on its right trunnion which, according to a research by Mr. Eliseo Obligacion, is the master founder’s mark which can also be seen in cannons found in shipwrecks around the world. In a report according to Obligacion, the marking on the right trunnion of the cannon can be attributed to the following:
“Jesper Eliaeson started the Ehrendal foundry as early as 1689 and was master founder until his death in 1722. Thomas Roth, head of research at the Army Museum in Stockholm, Sweden states, “As far as we know the mark “IE” (for Jasper Eliaeson) was used on one of the trunnions from 1689 to 1695 but it is possible that the mark could have been altered after that year until 1722 when his son Olof, began using “OEC” (Roth 2004). The addition of the “C” to Jesper’s mark may have coincided with his 1695 ennoblement by the Swedish monarchy, and subsequent surname change from Eliaeson to Ehrencreutz (Jobling 1990). A sixty pounder mortar in the Tojhusmuseet in Copenhagen has IEC on the right trunnion and 1721 on the left, indicating its manufacture one year before Jesper Ehrencreutz’s death (Brown 2005)."
“Whereas, the letters on the right trunnion of the vintage cannon were properly recorded in a picture by Obligacion as shown below: (Image)
“Whereas, the left trunnion of the cannon was also marked with numbers most likely identified as “1751” which may be indicated as the casting date. After cleaning the left trunnion of the cannon, the following picture taken by Obligacion clearly displayed the casting date: (Image)“Whereas, according to the same research by Obligacion, on how did the cannons get to Boac, can be explained in this information:
“The two largest producers of cast iron artillery in the last half of the 17th century and throughout the 18th century were England and Sweden. (Frantzen 2004). Ordnance exports from both countries were prevalent throughout Europe and anywhere Europeans traded. The reality is that the international ordnance trade was so complex that once guns left the foundry they could end up on ships of any nationality”…
Nakasakay na po ngayon ang dalawa sa tatlong kanyon sa isang mababang
karwahe na may disenyong dalawang gulong sa magkabilang bahagi. Nasa likuran
ito ng bantog nang monumento ni Dr. Jose Rizal at kapag papasok ka sa magarang Casa Real ay nasa
magkabilang bahagi ng entrada. Tila mga bantay.
Pakibisita na lamang po. Ang ganda laang. Ubod! :))
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