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Chapter 14

Rizal in London (1888-89)


Rizal in London (1888-89)

 Why London?
 To improve knowledge of English language
 To study and annotate Morga’s Sucesos de las
Islas Filipinas
▪ A rare copy he heard was available in the British
Musuem
 A safe place
Trip Across the Atlantic

 From NY to Liverpool
 City of Rome
Trip Across the Atlantic

 Yoyo as a weapon
Trip Across the Atlantic

 American newspapermen < Rizal


 Intellectually
 Inadequate in geo-politics
Trip Across the Atlantic

 May 24, 1888


 Arrived at Liverpool, England

“Liverpool is a big and beautiful city and its celebrated port is


worthy of is great fame. The entrance is magnificent and the
customhouse is quite good.”
Life in London

 May 25, 1888


 Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
 Exile, lawyer
 End of May
 Beckett Home
▪ Near the
British Museum
Life in London

 Dr. Reinhold Rost


 Libriarian of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 Recommended Rizal to British Museum
authorities
 “a pearl of a man” (una perla de hombre)

 cricket

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