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I did not sleep; I let myself be rocked by the inexorable battle of the waves; soon the monster of seasickness flashed in my innards, but I overcame it. A god held sway in me; he triumphed: it was the…
Contributor:
Ignác Goldziher
Places:
Buda, Pest, Óbuda, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1873
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And in the City of London we went to the Fort which is called the Tower, and there I saw lions and an eagle one hundred years old and a great snake from India and another snake and other wild beasts…
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Ḥayim Joseph David Azulai
Places:
Hebron, Ottoman Empire (Hebron, West Bank)
Date:
Second Half of the 19th Century
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When I was born, I was given the name Manuel, after my grandfather, Manuel Alvares Pinto, as was said earlier. For this reason and because I was my father’s eldest son, my grandfather always had me…
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Isaac de Pinto
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1671
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The River Jordan runs through the valley and empties into Great Salt Lake. The city is thirty miles from the Lake, and the valley is entirely surrounded with high mountains topped with snow, winter…
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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Salt Lake City, United States of America
Date:
1856