RIZAL PART 2

• Rizal departed on board the Spanish steamer, Salvadora bound to Singapore


  May 3, 1882
• Point Galle


  A seacoast town in southern Ceylon, with a picturesque but lonely, quiet and sad appearance
• Colombo


  The capital of Ceylon, more beautiful, smart and elegant than Singapore, Point Galle, and Manila
• Cape of Guardafui


  An inhospitable but famous land
• Aden


  Hotter than Manila, where Rizal was amused to see camels for the first time
• It took Rizal five days to traverse the Suez Canal
• Naples


  Rizal was fascinated by Mount Vesuvius, the Castle of St. Telmo, and other historic sights of the city
• Marseilles


  Rizal visited the famous Chateau d'If
• Barcelona


  The greatest city of Cataluña and Spain's second largest city, but Rizal's first impression was not favorable
• Rizal's Articles in Barcelona


  • Amor Patria - a nationalistic essay
  • Los Viajes - (Travels)
  • Revista de Madrid - (Review of Madrid)
• Madrid


  Rizal enrolled in the Universidad Central de Madrid, studied painting and sculpture, took lessons in French, German, and English, practiced fencing and shooting, and visited art galleries and museums
• Rizal led a Spartan life in Madrid
• On Saturday evenings


  Rizal visited the home of Don Pablo Ortiga y Rey and fell in love with Consuelo, Don Pablo's daughter
• Rizal was deeply affected by Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Eugene Sue's The Wandering Jew which aroused his sympathy for the oppressed and unfortunate people
• Rizal got involved in student demonstration in the university
• Organizations Rizal was involved in


  • Circulo Hispano-Filipino
  • Masonic lodge of Acacia, Madrid
• Rizal's Writings in Madrid


  • Mi Piden Versos - (They Ask Me For Verses) a poem
  • Science, Virtue and Labor - a lecture
  • A speech in salute of Luna and Hidalgo
• PARIS

  -               Rizal worked as an assistant to Dr. Louis de Weckert, a leading French ophthalmologist.

  -               Outside his working hours, he visited the family of the Pardo de Tavera.
• HEIDELBERG

  -               Famous for its old university and romantic surroundings.

  -               He worked at the University Eye Hospital under the direction of Dr. Otto Becker, distinguished German ophthalmologist.

  -               Attended the lectures of Dr. Becker and Prof. Wilhelm Kuehne.

  -               Visited the famous Heidelberg Castle, the romantic Neckar River, the theater and the old churches.

  -               Wrote: “To the Flowers of Heidelberg.”
• WILHELMSFELD

  -               A mountainous village near Heidelberg.

  -               He stayed at the vicarage of a kind Protestant pastor, Dr. Karl Ullmer, who became his good friend and admirer.
• HEIDELBERG

  -               Rizal wrote his first letter in German to Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt, Director of the Ateneo of Leitmeritz Austria who became Rizal’s best friend.

  -               Participated in the celebration of the fifth centenary foundation celebration of University of Heidelberg.
• LEIPZIG

  -               He attended some lectures at the University of Leipzig on history and psychology.

  -               He befriended Prof. Friedrich Ratzel, a famous German historian, and Dr. Hans Meyer, a German anthropologist

  -               Translated from German to Tagalog Schiller’s William Tell and Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales.

  -               He corrected some chapters of his second novel.

  -               Worked as a proof reader in a publishing firm.
• DRESDEN

  -               Rizal met Dr. Adolph B. Meyer, Director of Anthropological and Ethnological Museum.
• Dr. Feodor Jagor


  German scientist-traveler
• Dr. Jagor


  • Introduced Rizal to Dr. Rudolf Virchow
  • Introduced Rizal to Dr. Hans Virchow
  • Introduced Rizal to Dr. Karl Ernest Schweigger
• Dr. Rudolf Virchow


  Famous German anthropologist
• Dr. Hans Virchow


  Professor of Descriptive Anatomy
• Reasons for going to Berlin:

  -               To gain further knowledge of ophthalmology.

  -               To further his studies of sciences and languages.

  -               To observe the economic and political conditions of the German nation.

  -               To associate with famous German scientists and scholars.

  -               To publish his novel, Noli Me Tangere.
• Dr. Karl Ernest Schweigger


  Famous German ophthalmologist
• Rizal became a member of

  1. Anthropological Society

  2. Ethnological Society

  3. Geographical Society of Berlin
• Rizal wrote and read a scholarly paper entitled, Tagalishe Verkunst (Tagalog Metrical Art) before the Ethnographic Society of Berlin
• Rizal’s View on German Woman:

  -               Serious, Diligent, Educated, and Friendly
• On Spanish Woman:

  -               Gossipy, Frivolous, and Quarrelsome
• On Filipino Woman:

  -               Delicacy of Feeling, Fine Manners, Devotion, and Hospitality

   
• German Customs:

  -               Cutting down pine trees and decorating it during Christmas.

  -               Introducing oneself to the host/hostess during social gatherings.
• Life in Berlin:

  -               Rizal led a methodical and frugal life in Berlin.

  -               He starved, shivered and his health broke down due to the lack of nourishment during the winter of 1886.
• Rizal was elected as president of the Philippine Association in Germany