Masa’ei Yisrael

BENJAMIN, ISRAEL BEN JOSEPH

Tzvi Hirsch Petzel

Lyck

1859

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Translated from the German by David Gordon, Hebrew journalist and Editor of Hamagid. WITH LARGE FOLDING MAP. Uncut copy

Vinograd, Lyck 8 (without noting the map)

In search of the Lost Ten Tribes, this irrepressible traveler (who styled himself Benjamin of Tudela II) set out for the Holy Land, and then journeyed on into Egypt, Syria, Kurdistan, Persia, India and China. Returning to Europe by way of Afghanistan, he also traveled to Algeria, Morocco and Ethiopia. The work contains a wealth of information concerning Jewish settlement world-wide. This copy with the rare map of the author’s travels