RZL101 - 5 Second Travel Abroad

Rizal's Life,
Works and
Writings
Second Travel Abroad
Second Homecoming
EDUCATION IN MANILA AND EUROPE
AND EARLY TRAVELS
Review questions
TRUE OR FALSE
From 1877 to 1882, Rizal studied at the University of Santo

Tomas, enrolling in the course Philosophy and Letters, but
shifted to Medicine a year after.
TRUE OR FALSE
Classes at the Ateneo were divided into two groups, namely

the Gryffindor Empire, comprising the interns (boarders)
while the other one, the Slytherin Empire, consisting of
externs (non-boarders)
TRUE OR FALSE
In Casa Tomasina, Rizal’s landlord and uncle Antonio Rivera

had a daughter, Leonor who became his sweetheart.
TRUE OR FALSE
Ateneo was formerly the Escuela Pia (Charity School) --- a

school for poor boys in Manila established by the city
government in 1817.
SECOND TRAVEL
ABROAD
IN HONG KONG AND JAPAN
• On February 3, 1888, Rizal sailed to Hong Kong on board “Zafiro”

• He stayed at Victoria Hotel in Hong Kong
• Rizal experienced in Hong Kong the noisy firecracker-laden Chinese
New Year and the marathon lauriat party.
YAKOHAMA, JAPAN
• Reached on February 28 and proceeded to Tokyo the next day.

• He lived in the Spanish legation in Tokyo upon the invitation of its
secretary, Juan Perez Caballero
• He heard the Tokyo band nicely playing a European music
• He was amused by the Japanese girl , Seiko Usui
SAIL TO WEST
• Rizal boarded the Belgic on April 13, 1888.

• In the vessel, he had befriended Tetcho Suehiro.
• The ship arrived in San Francisco on April 28.
SAIL TO WEST
• On May 6, Rizal went to Oakland.

• On board a train, he took his evening meal in Sacramento and woke
up in Reno, Nevada.
• Visited states of Utah, Colarado, Nebraska, Illinois, and finally
reached New York
IN GREAT BRITAIN, PARIS AND SPAIN
• Onboard the ship of “City of Rome,” Rizal sailed for Liverpool on May 16, 1888
and arrived there on May 24.
• In June 188, Rizal made friends with Dr. Reinhold Rost and his family.
• In London, Rizal manually copied and annotated Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas
Filipinas.
• Rizal also became the honorary president of the patriotic society La Solidaridad.
• Del Pilar was one of the renowned members of The Propaganda

Movement, along with Graciano Lopez Jaena, Mariano Ponce and
Rizal.
• Propaganda was founded in 1872.
The Propagandists specifically advocated:

a. The recognition of the Philippines as a province of Spain and it
(PH) representation in Spanish parliament.
b. The secularization of the Philippines parishes and clergy;
c. The equality between the Spanish and Filipino, especially the
entering government service;
d. The establishment of government funded schools not run the friars

e. The abolition of the polo (forced labor) and the vandala (forced sale
of local products to the government)
f. The recognition of human rights and freedom, especially the
freedom of speech and association.
• Seemingly advocating racial or cultural integration, the Propanda

Movement is thus branded as assimilationist.
• Rizal and Del Pilar are said to have abandoned the assimilationist
stand.
IN FRANCE
• Leaving London for good, he went to Paris in March 1889.

• Shortly lived in the house of a friend, Valentin Ventura
• Transferring to a little room where he had as roommates two
Filipnos.
• He frequented the Bibiliotheque Nationale
IN FRANCE
• Rizal formed the Kidlat Club

• He also organized the Indios Bravos
• Formed the mysterious Redencion de los Malayos
IN BELGIUM
• With Jose Albert, Rizal left Paris for Brussels on January 28, 1890.
• He busied himself with writing the Fili and contributing for La
Solidaridad using pen names Dimas Alang and Laong Laan. f
IN MADRID
• Rizal traveled to Madrid in August 1890.

• In 1890, Rizal also met in Madrid the Filipino student Edilberto
Evangelista.
• Matriculated at the University of Ghent
• Finished civil engineering and architecture with the highest
honors
IN MADRID
• His family was forced to leave their land in Calamba and some
family members were even deported to far places.
• He challenged Antonio Luna and Wenceslao Retana.
• Leonor Rivera’s marriage to the Englishman Henry Kipping.
• Emerged the Del Pilar-Rizal rivalry for the leadership in the
“Asociacion Hispano Filipino.”
IN BIARRITZ, PARIS AND BRUSSELS
• Rizal proceeded to take a more than a month vacation in Biarritz.

• Arriving there in February 1891, Rizal was welcomed as a family guest in the
house of the Bousteds.
• He continued to work on his Eli Fili and completed the manuscript on March 29.
• June 1891, he was already looking for a printing firm to print El Filibusterismo.
IN GHENT
• He went to Ghent in July 1891 because the cost of the printing in the place was cheaper.
• The publisher F. Meyer Van Loo Press, No. 66 Viaanderen Street agreed to print the El
Filibusterismo on an installment basis.
• Through Valentin Ventura’s “salvific” act the “El Filibusterismo” come off the press on
September 1891.
IN HONG KONG AND SANDAKAN
• In October 1891, he left Europe for Hong Kong.

• Don Francisco, Paciano and Silvestre Ubaldo (Jose’s brother-in-law)
also arrived in Hong Kong.
• Dona Teodora and children, Lucia, Josefa and Trinidad arrived.
• He opened a medical clinic.
IN HONG KONG AND SANDAKAN
• In March 1892, he went to Sandakan aboard “Menon” to negotiate

with British authorities concerning the founding of a Filipino colony
in North Borneo.
• On March 21, Rizal asked Governor-General Eulogio Despujol
through a letter to allow the the landless Filipinos.
SECOND HOMECOMING
• Rizal left Hong Kong on June 21, 1892 along with his sisters Lucia.
• “the rat is in the trap”
• They arrived in Manila at noon on June 26, 1892 at 7pm. June 27, he
took a train and visited his friends in Central Luzon.
• June 3, he had other interview with Despujol.
SECOND HOMECOMING
• Spearheaded the meeting in the house of Doroteo Ongjungco on

Ylaya Street, Tondo, Manila.
• Just three days after the meeting though, Rizal was arrested during
his interview with the governor-general.
• Docked at Dapitan in Zamboanga del Norte on the evening of July
17, 1892.
Was Rizal just a plain lakwatsero or did he have a significant
missions for traveling?
What do you think prompted Rizal to travel to different
places, such as Europe, Asia and America?
In your opinion, what can we get from
travelling?
REFERENCES:
Manebog, D.G.J., Paragas, R.Y., Barrientos, M.O.B., Francisco, Rosario., Life Works of Dr. Jose P.
Rizal. Mutya Publishing House
Pangilinan, M.C., Igloria, M.C., Pasague, E.A., The Life and Works of Rizal. Mindshapers Co., Inc
Ariala, M.M., The Life and Works of Rizal. . Unlimited Books Library Services and Publishing Inc.
RZL101: RIZAL'S
LIFE, WORKS AND
WRITINGS
Instructor: Decca Patricia P. Driz, LPT
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Rizal's Life,

From 1877 to 1882, Rizal studied at the University of Santo

Classes at the Ateneo were divided into two groups, namely

In Casa Tomasina, Rizal’s landlord and uncle Antonio Rivera

Ateneo was formerly the Escuela Pia (Charity School) --- a

• On February 3, 1888, Rizal sailed to Hong Kong on board “Zafiro”

• Reached on February 28 and proceeded to Tokyo the next day.

• Rizal boarded the Belgic on April 13, 1888.

• On May 6, Rizal went to Oakland.

• Del Pilar was one of the renowned members of The Propaganda

The Propagandists specifically advocated:

d. The establishment of government funded schools not run the friars

• Seemingly advocating racial or cultural integration, the Propanda

• Leaving London for good, he went to Paris in March 1889.

• Rizal formed the Kidlat Club

• Rizal traveled to Madrid in August 1890.

• Rizal proceeded to take a more than a month vacation in Biarritz.

• In October 1891, he left Europe for Hong Kong.

• In March 1892, he went to Sandakan aboard “Menon” to negotiate

• Spearheaded the meeting in the house of Doroteo Ongjungco on

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