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The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century

by Uri Shulevitz Author

(From Amazon): Through Three Continents in the Twelfth CenturyImagine a time when streets were narrow and dirty, towns were surrounded by walls, brigands lurked alongside roads that were treacherous and few, bridges over rivers were rare, and a man setting out on a journey never knew if he would return alive. It was the year 1159 when the medieval Jewish traveler Benjamin left his native town of Tudela in northern Spain on an adventure to see the places he had read about in the Bible. He traveled for fourteen years - from Rome to Constantinople to Jerusalem to Baghdad, among others - by ship, by cart, and on foot, enduring great hardships in his quest for knowledge of other places and people.Working from Benjamin's original chronicle, written in Hebrew, as well as other sources on the period, Uri Shulevitz captures the true spirit of this amazing adventurer, using a text written in the first person and superlative illustrations. The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Additional Details

Resource Type
Book
ISBN
978-0374377540
Print Status
In Print
Pages
48
Suggested Grades
3rd - 7th
Historical Setting
1100 - 1199
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Edition
1st
Copyright
2005

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