Masa’ei Yisrael.

BENJAMIN, ISRAEL JOSEPH.

Tzvi Hirsch Petzel

Lyck

1859

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Translated from the German by the Hebrew journalist (Editor of Hamagid) David Gordon. WITH LARGE FOLDING MAP.

Vinograd, Lyck 8 (without noting the map)

In search of the Lost Ten Tribes, this irrepresible traveler (who styled himself Benjamin of Tudela II) set out for Egypt, visiting the Holy Land, and then journeying on into Syria, Kurdistan, Persia, India and China. Returning to Europe by way of Afghanistan, he also traveled to Algeria, Morocco and Ethiopia. Contains a wealth of information concerning Jewish settlement world-wide. This copy with the map of the author’s travels, rarely found in most other copies.