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Rajah Sulayman of Maynila was also known to have big iron cannons measuring around 17 feet (5.18 m), it was made by a native blacksmith and cannon maker known as Panday Pira. Several native warships such as the karakoa and lanong were equipped with lelas and lantakas and was used against enemy ships and also for naval bombardment against enemy ...
The cannons found in Malacca were of various types: esmeril (1/4 to 1/2-pounder swivel gun, probably refers to cetbang or lantaka), [24] falconet (cast bronze swivel gun larger than the esmeril, 1 to 2-pounder, probably refers to lela), [24] medium saker (long cannon or culverin between a six and a ten-pounder, probably refers to meriam) [25 ...
The Filipino forces sometimes used improvised artillery weapons made of water pipes reinforced with bamboo or timber, which can only fire once or twice. [ 23 ] During the 1896 uprising against Spanish colonial rule the 1898 Philippine Revolution and the Spanish–American War , Filipino freedom fighters (especially the Katipunan ) sought ...
The history of cannon spans several hundred years from the 12th century to modern times. The cannon first appeared in China sometime during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was most likely developed in parallel or as an evolution of an earlier gunpowder weapon called the fire lance. The result was a projectile weapon in the shape of a cylinder ...
Bamboo cannon in West Sumatra, 1947. A bamboo cannon (Malay: meriam buluh, Jawi: مريام بولوه ; Tagalog: lantakang kawayan; Waray: lantaka, Indonesian: meriam bambu, Javanese: mercon bumbung) is a type of home-made firecracker which is popular during the Eid season in Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Philippines.
In 2013, the National Museum of the Philippines declared the Twin Forts of Romblon, along with the town's Spanish colonial bridges, the Saint Joseph Cathedral, and its Triada de Aguas fountain as National Cultural Treasures. The declaration places the fort under the protection and conservation of the Philippine government through the National ...
High quality metal casting, artillery, and other metal works had been traditions throughout the ancient Philippines. The metal smith, or panday piray of Pampanga was skilled at making weapons, and many individuals with the surnames Viray and Piray are said to be descendants of people who were once members of the guild of smiths who followed the ...
The cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines include those covered by the prehistory and the early history (900–1521) of the Philippine archipelago's inhabitants, the pre-colonial forebears of today's Filipino people. Among the cultural achievements of the native people's belief systems, and culture in general, that are notable in ...