Ancient Hebrew Sources

 

The Book of Jonah (Torah Nevi’im ve-Ketuvim, Stuttgart, 1912)

Psalm 107 verses 23-32 (Torah Nevi’im ve-Ketuvim, Stuttgart, 1912)

Medieval Hebrew Sources

 

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (ed. by M.N. Adler, Jerusalem, 1960)

Meshullam of Volterra, The Journey of Meshullam of Volterra to Egypt and Palestine, 1481 (ed. Avraham Ya’ari, Tel-Aviv, 1949)

Ovadiah of Bartenuro, 1488 (quoted from Igrot Eretz Israel, ed. Avraham Ya`ari,  Ramat-Gan, 1971)

Moshe Basola, 1521 (quoted from Mase’ot Eretz Israel, ed. Avraham Ya`ari, Ramat-Gan, 1971)

Eliahu of Pesaro, 1563 (quoted from Mase’ot Eretz Israel, ed. Avraham Ya`ari, Ramat-Gan, 1971)

Early Modern Hebrew Sources

 

Isaac Euchel, Igrot Yitzḥak Euchel, 1785 (Ha-me’asef)

Shmuel Romanelli, Masa be-‘arav, Travail in an Arab Land, 1792 (Berlin)

Moses Mendelsohn-Frankfurt, Metziat ha-aretz ha-ḥadasha, The Discovery of the New Land, 1807 (Bonn)

Mordecai Aaron Günzburg, Glot ha-aretz ha-ḥadasha `al yedei Kristof Kolumbus, The Discovery of the New Land by Christopher Columbus, 1823 (Vilna)

Oniya So`ara, Storm-Tossed Ship, author unknown, 1815-18

David Zamość, Robinzohn der yingere: eyn lezebukh fir kinder, 1824 (Breslau)

Mendel Lefin, Mase`ot ha-yam, Sea Voyages, 1818 (Zholkva)