Jose Rizal’s sketch of Aden (now located in Yemen) as seen aboard his ship D'jennah on its way to Spain. Circa 1882.
An excerpt of his diary dated May 26, 1882, from Rizal’s Memorias de un estudiante de Manila right after he made this sketch:
…on the morning of the 26th, the sea began to get calm and we sighted the African coast. Greetings, inhospitable land but famous, alas, at the cost of the blood of your sons! Until now your name has been associated in my mind with terror and horrible carnage. How many conquerors had invaded your land!
In his first travel experience outside his country, Rizal realized for the first time one startling fact–we were not alone in being colonized.
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