Jose Rizal's First Travel Abroad

Summary

In May 1882, Dr. Jose Rizal embarked on his first journey abroad from the Philippines to Spain to further his medical education and treat his mother's cataracts. Aboard the Salvadora, he befriended passengers and the captain, setting the tone for his travels. He stopped in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, and France, learning languages and cultures. In Paris, he met fellow Filipino artists and intellectuals, enhancing his artistic and medical skills. Rizal's experiences and observations during this period significantly influenced his writings and revolutionary ideas, shaping his legacy as a national hero.

Takeaways

• 📚 Dr. Jose Rizal embarked on his first journey abroad in May 1882 to further his education in Spain, with the ultimate goal of performing eye surgery on his mother.
• 🚢 Rizal boarded the Salvadora, a Spanish steamer ship, and was the only Filipino among a diverse group of passengers including Spaniards, British, and Indian Negros.
• 🏆 He was well-received by his fellow passengers, even defeating them in chess games, and befriended the ship's captain, Captain Donato Lecha.
• 🌍 Rizal's voyage took him through several countries including Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, and France before reaching Madrid.
• 🏨 In Singapore, he stayed at the Hotel de la Paz and explored various cultural and historical sites during his two-day stopover.
• 🏛️ In Italy, Rizal was impressed by the economic activity, vibrant population, and scenic beauty, including Mount Vesuvius and the Castle of Saint Elmo.
• 🎨 In Paris, Rizal met fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna and became involved in the local art scene, even modeling for Luna's paintings.
• 📝 Rizal wrote essays promoting nationalism and love for the Philippines, which were published in Manila's first bilingual newspaper.
• 🎓 He pursued his medical degree in ophthalmology and philosophy, studying in Paris, Germany, and Spain, and became a member of various academic societies.
• 📖 Rizal's travels and studies were not just for personal enrichment but also to inspire his fellow Filipinos and contribute to the national awakening.

Q & A

Why did Rizal leave the Philippines in 1882?

Rizal left the Philippines in 1882 to complete his education in Spain, so he could perform eye surgery on his mother who was suffering from cataracts.

What was Rizal's secondary mission during his first trip abroad?

Rizal's secondary mission was to inspire his fellow revolutionaries through his writings.

Which ship did Rizal board for his journey to Spain, and what was its significance?

Rizal boarded the Salvadora, a Spanish steamer ship headed to Singapore. It was significant as it marked the start of his journey away from home.

What was the cultural composition of the passengers on the Salvadora?

The passengers on the Salvadora were mostly Spaniards, British, and Indian Negros, with Rizal being the only Philippine on the ship.

Which countries did Rizal travel through on his way to Madrid?

Rizal traveled through Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, and France on his way to Madrid.

What activities did Rizal engage in during his stopover in Singapore?

During his stopover in Singapore, Rizal visited store sites, temples, botanical gardens, art galleries, and the statue of Saint Thomas Stamford Raffles.

How did Rizal's French improve during his journey on the Gemna?

Rizal's French improved immensely by conversing with the French-speaking passengers on a daily basis during his journey on the Gemna.

What was Rizal's impression of Colombo, Sri Lanka?

Rizal found Colombo to be more beautiful, smart, and elegant than Singapore.

What significant event occurred during Rizal's stay in Naples, Italy?

In Naples, Italy, Rizal was impressed with the economic activity, vibrant population, and scenic expanses, including Mount Vesuvius and the Castle of Saint Elmo.

How did Rizal's first impression of Barcelona change over time?

Initially, Rizal found Barcelona unpleasant due to the filthy inn he stayed in. However, as he stayed longer, his impression changed, and he began to see the city as great, with brave, openhearted, and welcoming people, and a strong sense of freedom and liberalism.

What was the outcome of Rizal's studies in Germany?

In Germany, Rizal studied under Dr. Otto Becker, a renowned German ophthalmologist, and attended lectures by Professor Wilhelm Kuhne at the University of Heidelberg. He also spent weekends touring the sites of Heidelberg.

Outlines

00:00

🌍 Rizal's Journey to Europe for Education and Revolution

The script details the travel of Dr. Jose Rizal, a Filipino national hero, who embarked on a journey to Spain in May 1882 to complete his education in eye surgery to help his mother suffering from cataracts. Beyond his primary goal, Rizal aimed to inspire his fellow revolutionaries through his writings. He boarded the Salvadora, a Spanish steamer, and made connections with passengers and the ship's captain, Donato Lecha. Rizal's voyage included stops in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, and France, where he explored local cultures and improved his language skills. His experiences and observations during these stops were significant, as they shaped his perspectives and contributed to his later revolutionary ideas.

05:02

🎨 Rizal's Artistic and Intellectual Pursuits in Europe

In Europe, Rizal immersed himself in intellectual and artistic pursuits. He met historian Trinidad Prado de Tevera and befriended Filipino painter Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo in Paris. Rizal modeled for Hidalgo's paintings, including 'The Death of Cleopatra' and 'Blood Compact,' the latter featuring him as a Sigatuna. Despite an initial unpleasant impression of Barcelona, Rizal came to admire the city's people and atmosphere. He published essays under the pen name 'La Um' and engaged in various academic activities, including studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Rizal also pursued a medical degree and a diploma in philosophy and letters, expanding his knowledge and skills.

10:02

📚 Rizal's Continued Education and Literary Contributions

Rizal's journey continued with studies in Germany, where he focused on ophthalmology under Dr. Otto Becker. He also interacted with notable scholars like Professor Frederic Radzel and Dr. Hans Mayer, enriching his understanding of history and anthropology. Rizal's experiences in Germany, including his visit to the University of Berlin and his membership in various academic societies, furthered his intellectual growth. His correspondence with Ferdinand Blumentritt marked the beginning of a lifelong friendship and collaboration. Despite financial hardships, Rizal's determination and the support of friends like Maximo Viola allowed him to continue his studies and contribute significantly to literature and the arts.

Keywords

💡Rizal

Rizal refers to Dr. Jose Rizal, a Filipino polymath, writer, and national hero who is central to the video's narrative. He is depicted as a man of action and intellect, traveling abroad to further his education and medical skills, particularly in ophthalmology, to help his mother and others with eye conditions. His journey symbolizes the pursuit of knowledge and the spirit of patriotism.

💡Cataract

Cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens that leads to a decrease in vision. In the context of the video, Rizal's mother suffers from cataracts, which motivates him to study eye surgery. This personal connection to the medical condition underscores his dedication to helping others and his commitment to his family.

💡Revolutionaries

Revolutionaries are individuals who advocate or participate in the overthrow of an established government or social order. The video suggests that Rizal's writings and actions inspired his fellow Filipinos to consider change, making him a figure of revolutionary thought, even though he himself was not directly involved in armed conflict.

💡Salvadora

Salvadora is the name of the Spanish steamer ship that Rizal boarded to begin his journey. It represents the start of his physical and intellectual voyage, carrying him from the Philippines to various countries in pursuit of his educational and medical goals.

💡Singapore

Singapore is mentioned as one of the countries Rizal visited during his travels. It serves as a geographical marker in the video, indicating the extent of his journey and the diverse cultures he encountered. His stopover in Singapore highlights the international nature of his voyage and the breadth of his experiences.

💡Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that focuses on the eyes and their diseases. Rizal's specialization in ophthalmology is a key element of the video, as it directly relates to his mission to help his mother and others with eye conditions. It also reflects his pursuit of expertise to serve his community.

💡Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

The Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, or 'Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando' in Spanish, is an institution where Rizal took art lessons. This keyword illustrates Rizal's multifaceted talents and interests, extending beyond medicine to the arts, and shows his commitment to cultural enrichment.

💡Circulo Hispano-Filipino

Circulo Hispano-Filipino refers to a society of Spaniards and Filipinos that Rizal joined in Madrid. It signifies his engagement with the community and his efforts to foster cultural and intellectual exchange between his homeland and the countries he visited.

💡Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Germany where Rizal studied and was inspired by the local scenery and culture. The city's mention in the video underscores the international scope of Rizal's education and the influence of different environments on his thinking and creativity.

💡Noli Me Tangere

Noli Me Tangere, which translates to 'Touch Me Not,' is Rizal's novel that was published during his stay in Europe. The video refers to this work as a token of gratitude, indicating its significance in Rizal's literary contributions and his role as a voice for social critique and reform in the Philippines.

💡Maximo Viola

Maximo Viola is a fellow writer and medical student who played a crucial role in Rizal's life by providing financial assistance during a time of need. His mention in the video highlights the importance of camaraderie and support among Rizal's contemporaries in his journey.

Highlights

Rizal embarked on his first journey abroad in May 1882 to complete his education in Spain for eye surgery on his mother.

He had a secondary mission to inspire fellow revolutionaries through his writings.

Rizal was the only Filipino on the Salvadora, a Spanish steamer ship, where he befriended the captain and passengers.

His first stop was Singapore, where he spent two days exploring the city's sites and registering at the Hotel de la Paz.

Rizal improved his French by conversing with passengers on board the French steamer Gemna en route to Europe.

He described Point de Galle, Sri Lanka, as picturesque but also lonely and sad.

In Egypt, Rizal experienced African culture and saw actual camels for the first time.

The ship stopped at Port Said, where Rizal was fascinated by the multiracial inhabitants and their languages.

In Italy, Rizal was impressed by the economic activity, vibrant population, and scenic beauty, including Mount Vesuvius.

Rizal visited the Château d'If in Marseilles, which housed the hero of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'.

He traveled by train from Marseilles to Barcelona, where he would continue his studies and activism.

In Paris, Rizal met fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna and became great friends, exchanging ideas and artistic inspiration.

Rizal's first impression of Barcelona was negative due to a filthy inn, but his view changed as he experienced the city's freedom and liberalism.

He published his first essay, 'Amor Patria', under the pen name La Um, advocating for Filipino nationalism.

Rizal earned a medical degree in 1884 and a diploma in philosophy and letters in 1885, enhancing his expertise in ophthalmology.

He joined the Circulo Hispano-Filipino, a society of Spaniards and Filipinos, in Madrid, fostering cultural exchange.

Rizal traveled to Germany in 1886 to further his studies with renowned ophthalmologist Dr. Otto Becker.

In Germany, Rizal was inspired by the peaceful coexistence of Catholics and Protestants, reflecting on religious harmony.

His novel 'Noli Me Tangere' was released in 1887, a significant contribution to Filipino literature and nationalism.

Transcripts

series of first travel abroad

on may 1882 rozelle left philippines and

went to spain

to complete his education so he could

perform eye surgery on his cataract

stricken mother

beside his main goal he had another

mission

one that would lead him to inspire his

fellow revolutionaries through his

writing

he boarded

salvadora which is a spanish streamer

ship headed to singapore

rizal was the only philippine on the

ship

which was mostly comprised of spaniards

british

and indian negros

he was well liked by his fellow

passengers

whom were older than him and whom he

defeated on a chess game

rizal also made friends with the captain

of the ship

captain donato lecha

and this is the start of his journey

away from home

did you know that in rizal's first trip

rizal had to go by shift through several

countries on his way to madrid these

countries were singapore sri lanka italy

and france

and after five days of sailing the

salvadora reached the english colony of

singapore he registered at the hotel de

la paz

during his two-day stop stopover he

spent the majority of his time visiting

his store sites temples botanical

gardens art galleries and the statue of

saint thomas stanford ruffles

on may 11 1882 he boarded the gemna a

french streamer this team for europe

from singapore on board the majority of

the passengers spoke french surprisingly

the french she had learned at the ateneo

wasn't really understood and by

conversing with the passengers on a

daily basis he improved immensely his

understanding of the language

then

gemma made a step over at point gale on

may 17 1882 rizzo noted pointkill a

costume found in southern salon that is

picturesque but also lonely quiet and

sad the ship then sailed north ducking

in columbus island's capital on may 18.

rizal wrote colombo is more beautiful

smart and elegant than singapore point

gill and vanilla

the next part of departure was aiden

rizzo had never seen actual camels

before and this was the first time he

set foot on african soil the gemna

docked up port said in swiss city the

red city terminal on the swiss canal

rizal was entrailed by the multiracial

inhabitants who spoke languages

including arabic egyptian greek french

italian and spanish

the shift traversed the swiss canal from

port said and arrived at napoli and

unknown at snaplus italy on june 11th

passengers were free to wander around

the third laser and rizal never missed

an opportunity to explore the first

european country that caught his

attention

he was impressed with its economic

activity vibrant population and scenic

expander which included mount vesuvius

the castle of saint talmo and other

historic sites

after a brief stop in napoli the ship

continued to the marseilles where it

arrived on june 12 1882 and then rizal

went to the famous shattu diff which

housed dante the hero of the count of

monte cristo in the afternoon of june 15

rizal left marseilles by train bound for

barcelona

[Music]

from one illustrator to another doctor

jose protago rizal mercadoy alonso

riolonda for which you will know as

philippines national hero dr jose rizal

visited juan luna de san pedro ian

novicia and cheta also known as the

renowned filipino painter juan luna in

his studio here in paris

where we all standing standing at

rizal and luna became great friends as

the time they were both studying in

europe

where results specialize in

ophthalmology in paris and germany in

hopes of aiding his mother's eye

condition

and if you'd all follow me just a few

flats away in the hotel our national

hero have stayed in the wilds undergoing

his quest in the city of lights and the

hotel de paris

rizal continued living in the parisian

life out in the beautiful city of

vladimir de fer

the city of lights and love and the

constant communication with his family

in the philippines through males

while expounding his sweet and

intelligence by reading and writing

bibliotheque de national the national

library of france

see it was during this time that dr

sarizal met the physician and the

historian trinidad prado de tevera they

later become friends and then results

stayed in the tavares residence then on

rizal then made another good friend of

his

felix resurrection hidalgo a filipino

painter that found his way in paris due

to his love and passion of art

if i can have your attention and set

your eyes on hidalgo's most famous work

hung on the wall

and just a fun fact and another

masterpiece you are about to see dr

sarizal actually acted as one as a model

of hidalgo's painting namely the death

of cleopatra in which he played an

egyptian priest

and another is the blood compact one of

luna's finest painting when wherein he

poses a sigatuna which dr trinidad prado

de devera playing legaspi

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jose rizal's first impression of the

city was unpleasant

since he stayed in the filthy inn where

bought the stuff and the guests were

indifferent in him

however

as he stayed in the city his impression

of barcelona was changed and he now

considered it to be a great city

the people were brave openhearted and

welcoming and there was a strong sense

of freedom and liberalism in the

atmosphere

he opened his very first essay in the

spain soils

among patria of love of country with the

pen name la um

expanded to his friend basilio todoro

moran

editor of diarion tagalog

manila's first biringual newspaper that

published spanish and tagalog

on august 10 is amore patriot where

marcelo h del pilar translated it into

tagalog text

he urged filipini to love the

philippines in this essay

his friend asked him to write more

articles since the nationalistic favor

in them had made of star strong and

readers

he published the second essay for darion

tagalog los jagas travel in the answer

to the request

artistic talents who also took up lesson

in painting

and is cultural at the academia de

bellas altres de san fernando

or what they called academy of fine arts

of san francisco as well as lesson in

french german and english under private

instructors

usa results earned a medical degree in

1884

la chante and medicine and a diploma in

philosophy

and letters in 1885.

results still in the field vastly

improve as a result

he also took the time to meet up with

friends painter juan luna and fellow

writer and medical student maximo viola

who would aid him later

to his journey

rizal joined a hispo philippine circle

or what they called circulo hispano

filipino

a society of spaniards and filipinos

shortly after his arrival in madrid

result went in germany 1886 to 1887 in

heidelbridge germany

jose's limited funds and desire to study

more about idises encouraging to travel

to germany where living costs were lower

than in paris

dr otto becker a distinguished and

renowned german ophthalmologist directed

and supervising at the university eye

hospital he attended to dr becker's and

professor wilhelm kuhn's lecturers at

the university brazil spent his weekends

touring the sites of heidelbridge

including a magnificent heidelberg

castle the picturesque neca river and

the historic churches

he noticed that catholics and

protestants in germany practice ecoism

since they co-existed in the peace and

harmony catholics used half of the

town's churches while protestants used

the elder hat rizal was entrailed by the

blooming flowers along the necker's

river's bank

inspiring him to compose the poet alas

flores the heidel bridge

to the flowers of high level bridge

results first letter to blumentry rizal

addressed his first german letter to

ferdinand blumentry director for

attendee of light marriage austria on

july 31 1886 rizal was familiar with

this austrian technologist

and his fascination with the philippine

language bloomingtree was impressed by

result shredder from heidelberg and sent

him two books as a present it was the

beginning of their lengthy and frequent

correspondence

as well as their lifelong relationship

bloomingtree and austrian became the

filipino result's best friend result

when in leipzig dresden and berlin

professor frederic radzel a well-known

german historian and dr hans mayer a

german anthropologist became friends

with rizal he flew from leipzig to

dresden on october 29th

where he met dr adolf b mayer director

of the anthropological and ethnological

museum rizal left dresden by rail on

november 1st

arriving in berlin in the evening

results work in dr carl ernest wagner's

clinic

and became a member of berlin

anthropological society ethnological

society and geographical society he also

took private french lessons of serbian

culture toured the city and attended

university of berlin lectures due to the

late arrival of his allowance from the

philippines results held weakened as a

result of lack of nourishment when

maximo viola arrived before christmas he

became his life saver viola seeing his

predicament gave him money for his noble

nolimitang

his novel was released on march 21 1887.

rizal handed the gallery evidence of the

published novel as a token of his

gratitude to viola they embark on a

magnificent tour of europe on may 11

1887.