All about the Travels of rizal in US and London.

1. Rizal’s Arrival in
United States

2. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
San Francisco
O 28th day of April 1888
− Rizal arrived for the first time in San Francisco
on a Saturday morning
− The ship Rizal on board, Belgic, docked at San
Francisco Port but because of a strict
quarantine, he and the other first-class passengers
were not allowed to disembark until May
4, 1888.

3. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
O The ship was carrying 643 Chinese coolies –
unskilled labourers.
O After a few days of quarantine, all first-class
passengers, including Rizal, were allowed to
land.
O In San Francisco, Rizal stayed at Palace Hotel,
a first class hotel in the city, until May 6.

4. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
Palace Hotel

5. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
O In his diary, he wrote:
“I saw the
Golden Gate
Bridge - a marvel
of engineering
and one of the
most beautiful
structures of its
kind. No stores
are on Sunday.
The best street
in San Francisco

6. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
O Leland Stanford
− the millionaire senator
in California and the
founder of Stanford
University in Palo
Alto, California

7. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
Across the American Continent
O After staying in San Francisco for two days
he left for Oakland on May 6, 1888, Sunday
O In Oakland, he took an overland train – a
railroad sleeping car (Pullman) and passed
along the entire breadth of the United States.
O Rizal got a glimpsed of the American
continent.

8. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
Travels on the American Continent
Sacramento Reno, Nevada Ogden
Omaha City, Nebraska Colorado
Missouri River Chicago Albany

9. Niagara Falls
Rizal’s Arrival in the United States

10. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
Rizal in New York
O May 13, 1888, Sunday
morning
− Rizal’s arrival in New
York
− He stayed in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel while he
was in New York.

11. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
O He was able to see and visit the following scenic and
historical places:
 The monument of
George Washington

12. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
 The majestic Brooklyn Bridge

13. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
 Statue of Liberty

14. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
O May 16, 1888
− he left New York for
Liverpool, England
− Rizal board on “City of
Rome” going to
London.

15. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
Rizal wrote a letter to his parents and brother dated
May 24, 1888, he described the ship and his voyage
as follows:
“So that you may have an idea of the size of this
monster, I’ll tell you that it has three chimneys, consumes
three tons of coal daily. It is more than 200 varas long and
18 varas wide, and has 12,000 horse power for which it
has 63 boilers. The promenade deck alone is 140 varas
long. A newspaper is published is board once during the
voyage for the benefit of the passengers. The officers and
crewmen are 276; we, the passengers, are 604. We have
had a bad trip, very rough sea, excessive wind, much sea-
sickness, for which reasons we spent eight days and hours
on the trip.”

16. Rizal’s Arrival in the United States
Rizal’s Bad Impression of America
O “America is undoubtedly a great country, but
it still has many defects”, Rizal wrote to
Mariano Ponce
O He had a bad impression of America because
of the prevalent racial discrimination in the
country.
O One day Alejandro asked Rizal: “What
impressions do you have of America?”
“America”, answered Rizal, “is a land
par excellence of freedom but only for the
whites.”

17. Rizal in London

18. Rizal in London
O May 24, 1888
− Rizal, aboard the “City of Rome”, reached
Queenstown in Ireland
O From there, he embarked on a ferry boat going
to Liverpool and stayed at Adelphi Hotel.
Then, he travelled by train to London.
O May 25, 1888
− Rizal arrived in London

19. Rizal in London
Reasons Why Rizal Decided To Go To
London
1. To develop his knowledge of the English
language
2. To annotate the famous work of Antonio de
Morga on the history of the Philippines, the
“Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas”

20. Rizal in London
O Upon his arrival in the afternoon of May 25 in
London, he first stopped at the Grand Hotel
Midland.

21. Rizal in London
O Rizal again wrote a letter for his parents dated
June 12, 1888. In this letter he mentioned that
he have lived first for a week at a house in
Beresford Road and eventually transferred to a
private home in No. 37 Chalcot
Crescent, Primerose Hill.
O The house is owned by the Becket Family.

22. Rizal in London
He described the family in his letter as follows:
“The family consists of the husband and wife,
four daughters and two sons. The daughters are called
Gertrude (Tottie), Balnche (Sissie), Flory and Grace: the
first two, who are already young women, have
sweethearts. Tottie sings very well and Sissie
accompanies her (They pronounce Toti, Sisi). One son is
employed and the other sings in the church.”

23. Rizal in London
Gertrude (Tottie)
Becket

24. Rizal in London
O Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
- An exile of 1872 who was a
law practitioner
- Rizal’s had developed a
strong relationship with
Persons Met By Rizal In London

25. Rizal in London
O Dr. Reinhold Rost
- Introduced to him
through a letter from Dr.
Ferdinand Blumentritt
- Director of the library
of the India Office and
the best authority of
Malayan customs and
languages

26. Rizal in London
Christmas in London
O Rizal spent his Christmas in London and
New Year’s Eve, for the first time in this
city and was extremely delighted to
experience the holiday season.
O Rizal spent his Christmas with the Beckett
family Primerose Hill.

27. Rizal in London
In his diary, he wrote:
It is the holiday, “I like the best to celebrate. It
reminds me of the memorable days not only my early
childhood, but also of history.” On this day, a great
Genius and prophet was born to preach
truth, love, beauty and goodness. He suffered on His
messianic zeal to save the world. “How it shocks me to
see some people misuse His name to commit many
crimes.”

28. Annotation of Dr. Morga’s Work
O Sucesos de las Islas
Filipinas
- book written by Dr Antonio
de Morga
- one of the most important
works on the early history
of the Spanish colonization
of the Philippines
- published in 1609

29. Annotation of Dr. Morga’s Work
O Dr Antonio de Morga
- a Spanish lawyer and a
high-ranking colonial
official in
the Philippines, New
Spain and Peru.
- He was also a historian.

30. Annotation of Dr. Morga’s Work
O In a letter to Blumentritt, dated
September17, 1888, Rizal said :
“Morga’s work is an excellent book; it can be
said that Morga is a modern scholarly explorer. He
does not have the superficiality and exaggeration
which are found among Spaniards today; he writes
ver simply, but one has to read between the lines…”

31. Annotation of Dr. Morga’s Work
O Rizal devoted much of his time in
annotating the work of Dr. Morga
O It was considered as Rizal’s greatest
achievement in London
O He frequented the British Museum where he
patiently copied the text by hand and made
his annotations.

32. Annotation of Dr. Morga’s Work
O This laborious task made was prompted by his
desire to rectify some of the points written by
Dr. Morga, so that the Filipinos would have a
clear understanding of the history of their
country.
O The annotation of Rizal on Dr. Morga’s book
was later published in Paris in 1890.