Jose Rizal’s

First
Dr. Jose Rizal
Travel
Abroad
 RIZAL’S FIRST TRAVEL ABROAD
 Rizal’s departure for Spain
was kept secret.
 The people who knew about
this were:
 Paciano – who gave him
700 pesos and promised a
monthly allowance of 35
pesos
 Uncle Antonio Rivera – who
encouraged him to seek his
luck abroad
 Saturnina – his sister who
gave her diamond ring
 Rizal used his cousin’s
passport named Jose
Mercado
 He was accompanied by his
brother Paciano and brother
in law Manuel Hidalgo to
Manila
 He visited the Jesuits in
Ateneo
 He bade farewell to the
Valenzuela family
 He failed to say goodbye to
Leonor
 The Voyage

May 3, 1882 – Rizal boarded the Salvadora. His friend Chenggoy was the
one who see him off. He took a last glance of Manila.
 The Voyage
 May 8, 1882 – the SINGAPORE
steamship reached
Singapore.
 Rizal was impressed by
the progress and beauty
of this English colony
 He stayed at Hotel de
Paz
 Transferred to the
French steamer
Djemnah bound for
Europe.
 The Voyage
 May 15, 1882 – the steamer reached Point de
Galle, Ceylon.

Ceylon
 The Voyage
 May 18, 1882 PM – the
ship reached Colombo,
Ceylon.
 He observed the
backwardness of the
city: sleepy and without
much progress.
 From here, the ship
crossed the Indian
Ocean.
 The Voyage
The ship
crossed the
Indian Ocean
towards Cape
Guardafui in
Somalia, Africa.
The steamer
encountered a
stormy weather
 The Voyage
 The ship reached
Aden, a seaport
city in Yemen,
located by the
eastern approach
to the Red Sea. 
 Rizal felt the
terrible heat of the
Arabian Desert.
 The Voyage
 June 2, 1882 – the
steamer reached
the Suez Canal, the
terminal of the Red
Sea.
 Rizal was reminded
of the beautiful
sights of Calamba,
Laguna during the
night.
 The Voyage
 de Lesseps, Ferdinand
Marie, (19 November
1805 – 7 December 1894)
was the French developer
of the Suez Canal, which
joined the Mediterranean
and Red Seas in 1869,
and substantially reduced
sailing distances and times
between the West and the
East.
 The Voyage
 At Port Said, the
Mediterranean Sea terminal,
Rizal disembarked to visit
some tourist spots.
 Port Said  is a city that lies in
north east Egypt extending
about 30 km along the coast
of the Mediterranean Sea,
north of the Suez Canal, with
an approximate population of
603,787 (2010).
 The city was established
in 1859 during the building of
the Suez Canal.
Port Said
 The Voyage
 June 11, 1882 – Rizal City of Naples
reached the city of Naples on
Italy.
 Naples is a city in Southern
Italy, situated on the
country's west coast by
the Gulf of Naples.
 Lying between two
notable volcanic regions, Mo
unt Vesuvius and
the Phlegraean Fields, it is
the capital of the region
of Campania and of
the province of Naples.
 The Voyage
 June 12, 1882 – the
steamer docked at the
French harbor
Marseilles.
 He visited the famous
Marseilles
city landmark Chateau
d’ If where Dantes ,
the hero of the “Count
of Monte Cristo” was
imprisoned.

Chateau d’ If
IN BARCELONA, SPAIN
 From
Marseilles,
Rizal took a
train to
Barcelona, the
2nd largest
Spanish city in
the province of
Cataluña,
which he
thought was
ugly, dirty and
the people
Barcelona, Spain inhospitable.
 IN BARCELONA, SPAIN
 Later, he loved the
city’s free atmosphere
and liberalism.
 The people were
open-hearted, warm
and brave.
 He was warmly
welcomed by his
paisanos,
countrymen, at the
Plaza Cataluña.
 ARTICLES WRITTEN ABROAD
 Rizal was asked to  Francisco Calvo, the
contribute an article to editor praised Rizal,
the Diariong Tagalog by and asked him to
Basilio Teodoro Moran, contribute more.
an editorial staffer.  Rizal wrote another
 He wrote an essay article, “Los Viajes.”
entitled “Amor Patrio”
 His last article “Revista
using “Laong Laan” as
de Madrid” was not
his pen name.
published because the
 The newspaper was newspaper ceased
founded by Marcelo H.
publication.
del Pilar in Manila.
 SAD NEWS FROM HOME
 An epidemic broke out   Cholera is an infectious
in the Philippines disease that can cause
severe diarrhea,
 A cholera had killed
dehydration, and death.
many lives of Filipinos
 Cholera is an infection of
 Leonor was very much the small intestine that is
depressed because of caused by
his departure the bacterium Vibrio
 Paciano advised him to cholerae. 
take his studies  Rizal left Barcelona and
seriously. established himself in
Madrid.
A STUDENT OF MADRID
 November 3,
1882 - Rizal
enrolled at the
Universidad
Central de
Madrid
 He enrolled
Medicine and
Philosophy and
Letters
Universidad Central de Madrid
 A STUDENT OF MADRID
 He also studied  He lived frugally
painting and sculpture and managed his
 Took language time wisely
lessons in French,
German, and English
 He occasionally
at the Academy of drank when he was
San Carlos in the company of
 Honed his fencing and his friends
shooting skills at the  He sparingly bet on
Hall of Arms Sanz y the lottery
Carbonell
 “Torn Between Two Lovers”
 Rizal was welcomed in  He did not pursue
the house of Don Pablo his love for
Ortiga y Rey, a former
civil governor in Manila
Consuelo because
 Don Pablo has a
he still loved Leonor
Filipina wife and two and he was planning
daughters: Pilar and to leave Madrid after
Consuelo. his studies.
 It was Consuelo who  Consuelo chose
awakened the heart of Eduardo de Lete over
Rizal to love anew Rizal.
JOINING THE PROPAGANDA
 In 1882 Rizal joined the  He collected second
Circulo Hispano-Filipina, hand books on
composed of Filipinos and medicine, philosophy,
Spaniards who advocated languages,
reforms to the Philippine geography, etc.
government.  He loved the books
 It was founded by Juan “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Atayde by Harry Beecher
 He wrote the poem “Mi Stowe and “The
Piden Versos” for the Wandering Jew” by
society. Eugene Sue.
 JOINING THE MASONS
 In 1883, Rizal joined the
Masons, a group of
liberal and republican
thinkers.
 He was impressed by
their attacks on the
government.
 He joined the Masonic
Lodge Acacia in Madrid
 He used Dimasalang as
his Masonic name.
ACACIA LODGE
 More Bad News from Home
 Philippine situation  Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium”
turned from bad to won the gold in the
worse National Exposition of
 Harvest was down Fine Arts in Madrid
 Rent was raised  Felix Hidalgo’s Christian
exorbitantly by the Virgins Exposed to the
Populace” garnered the
Dominican Estate
silver.
 His regular allowance
 Rizal paid tribute to the
was decreased
two
 A DOCTOR & PHILOSOPHER
 June, 21, 1884 – Rizal  He did not pay the
completed his studies in graduation fees
Medicine  He was not awarded his
 From 1884-1885, he doctor’s diploma
studied and passed all the
subjects leading to the  He also finished the
degree of Doctor of degree Philosophy and
Medicine Letters
 Did not passed the thesis  On his 24th birthday, he
required for graduation was awarded the
diploma
 His rating was excellent