The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century
Author
Ross E Dunn
Publisher
Croon Helm, London, 1986
Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22 × 14cm, 357pp.
Known as the greatest traveller of premodern times, Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta was born in Morocco in 1304 and educated in Islamic law. At the age of twenty-one, he left home to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. This was only the first of a series of extraordinary journeys that spanned nearly three decades and took him not only eastward to India and China but also north to the Volga River valley and south to Tanzania. Illustrated with maps.
Condition
This copy is in very good condition.
ISBN
0780709908111