GEd 103 Module 6: The Propagandist's Journey: Rizal's Search for Reforms

Zafiro

The vessel Rizal boarded during his second departure to travel from Manila to Hong Kong.

Amoy Stopover

The brief maritime stopover on February 7, 1888, where Rizal refused to disembark due to rain, dirt, and feeling physically unwell.

Victoria Hotel

The hotel where Rizal secured lodging upon his arrival in Hong Kong on February 8, 1888.

Dominican Wealth Audit

Rizal's sensitive Hong Kong investigation into the religious order's riches, mirroring an indictment found years later in his sister's luggage.

Kiu-Kiang

The ferry steamer Rizal and Basa boarded on February 18, 1888, to travel from Hong Kong to Macao.

Jose Maria Basa

A prominent Filipino patriot exiled after the 1872 uprising who grew to become Rizal's most trusted companion.

Don Juan Francisco Lecaroz

The prominent resident of Macao at whose home Basa and Rizal lodged during their brief excursion.

Jose Sainz de Veranda

A Spaniard and former Secretary to Gov-Gen Terrero who shadowed Rizal's movements to Macao as a government spy.

Grand Hotel

The initial hotel in Yokohama where Rizal registered as a guest early on Tuesday morning, February 28, 1888.

Juan Perez Caballero

The Secretary of the Spanish Legation in Tokyo who graciously invited Rizal to live directly at the Legation compound.

Belgic

The transpacific steamer on which Rizal crossed the ocean, officially docking at the port of San Francisco on April 28, 1888.

Palace Hotel

The first-class hotel in San Francisco charging a rate of 4 dollars a day for a room complete with a private bath.

City of Rome

The transatlantic steamer on which Rizal departed New York for Liverpool, recognized as the second-largest ship in the world.

Rizal's US Liberty Critique

Rizal's famous summary observation of late 19th-century America: "America is the land par excellence of freedom but only for the whites."

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

The rare historical book by Antonio de Morga preserved inside the British Museum that Rizal studied and annotated in London.

Anti-Friar Petition of 1888

The historical Philippine document whose signers faced widespread colonial persecution and deportations.

Manuel Hidalgo

Rizal's brother-in-law (husband of Saturnina) who was officially exiled to Bohol during agrarian persecutions.

Laureano Viado

Rizal's close friend who was arrested and jailed simply for possessing copies of Noli Me Tangere.

Rev. Vicente Garcia

The native theologian who authored a favorable, scholarly defense of Noli Me Tangere against colonial critics.

Asociacion La Solidaridad Board

The political association founded in Barcelona led by President Galicano Apacible and Vice President Graciano Lopez Jaena.

La Solidaridad Organ

The fortnightly democratic newspaper officially founded by Graciano Lopez Jaena in Barcelona on February 15, 1889.

Los Agricultores Filipinos

The very first essay Rizal contributed to the propaganda organ La Solidaridad.

Dimas Alang

One of the famous historical pen names used by Jose Rizal to publish his essays in La Solidaridad.

La Vision del Fray Rodriguez

A sharp polemical pamphlet composed by Rizal while in London to counter the criticisms of Fray Rodriguez.

The Story of the Monkey and the Tortoise

The famous comparative fable composed by Rizal during his stay in Paris in 1889.

Kidlat Club

The social group organized by Rizal to gather his fellow countrymen attending the Paris Universal Exposition.

Indios Bravos

The serious secret society meaning "Brave Indians" that officially replaced the early Kidlat Club.

Sociedad R.D.L.M.

A mysterious secret society organized and founded by Rizal within the French capital.

Mariano Cunanan

The wealthy compatriot who pledged Php 40,000 to fund Rizal's plan for a modern college in Hong Kong.

Por Telefono

A biting satirical piece authored by Rizal in Paris as a direct reply to the slanders of Father Salvador Font.

Jose Albert

The compatriot who accompanied Rizal from Paris to Brussels, Belgium, in January 1890.

Sobre la Nueva Ortografia de la Lengua Tagala

The scholarly study published on April 15, 1890 formally advocating for the Filipinization of Tagalog orthography.

Jose Ma. Panganiban

Rizal's close friend and brilliant co-propagandist who died in Madrid after a lingering illness on August 19, 1890.

La Epoca Slander

The anti-Filipino newspaper column where Wenceslao Retana falsely asserted that the Rizal family was ejected for failing to pay rent.

Rizalistas and Pilaristas

The two hostile political camps that split the Madrid Filipino colony during the Responsable leadership election.