Ontdekkingsreiziger

Benjamin of Tudela

1130 - 1173

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Benjamin ben Jona van Tudela ( Zoon van Jona) (Hebreeuws: בִּנְיָמִין מִטּוּדֶלָה) (Tudela, 1130 – 1173) was een middeleeuwse joodse reiziger afkomstig uit Navarra. Hij maakte een reis van dertien jaar door Europa, Azië en Afrika. Het verslag van die reis was een boek in het Hebreeuws onder de titel De reizen van Benjamin van Tudela . Het boek is geschreven vanuit een vertellend Ik-perspectief, maar Benjamin van Tudela heeft het werk niet zelf geschreven. Lees meer op Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin of Tudela is the 94th most popular ontdekkingsreiziger (down from 90th in 2024), the 325th most popular biography from Spain (up from 328th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Spanish Ontdekkingsreiziger.

Benjamin of Tudela is most famous for his account of his travels from 1160-1173.

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Among Ontdekkingsreizigers

Among ontdekkingsreizigers, Benjamin of Tudela ranks 94 out of 498. Before him are Willem Janszoon, Tristão da Cunha, Jean de Béthencourt, Sebastian Cabot, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and William Parry. After him are Salomon August Andrée, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Davy Crockett, and Robert FitzRoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, Benjamin of Tudela ranks 10. Before him are Saint Rosalia, Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Toghrul, Géza II of Hungary, Charles VII of Sweden, and Rashid ad-Din Sinan. After him are Magnus II of Sweden, Euphrosyne of Kiev, Theobald V, Count of Blois, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Akka Mahadevi, and Andronikos Doukas Angelos. Among people deceased in 1173, Benjamin of Tudela ranks 3. Before him are Petronilla of Aragon, and Najm ad-Din Ayyub. After him are Bolesław IV the Curly, Uijong of Goryeo, Richard of Saint Victor, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Matthew, Count of Boulogne, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Hugh VIII of Lusignan, and Kol of Sweden.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Benjamin of Tudela ranks 325 out of 3,355. Before him are Charles II, Duke of Parma (1799), Eleanor of Castile (1241), Al-Hakam I (770), Al-Bakri (1014), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), and Ramiro I of Aragon (1008). After him are Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Ordoño II of León (873), César Manrique (1919), Berengaria of Castile (1180), Teresa Berganza (1933), and Eusebi Güell (1846).

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Among Ontdekkingsreizigers In Spain

Among ontdekkingsreizigers born in Spain, Benjamin of Tudela ranks 16. Before him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488). After him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), and Juan de la Cosa (1460).

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