The Travels of Ibn Battutah - Hardcover

Ibn Battutah; Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 033049113X ISBN 13: 9780330491136

Publisher: Picador, 2002

Synopsis

Ibn Battuta was just 21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another 29 years, travelling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, covering 75,000 miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far East as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist and gastronome. With this edition by Mackintosh-Smith, Battuta's TRAVELS takes its place alongside other indestructible masterpieces of the travel-writing genre.

About this title

Book Description:

The first accessible edition of one of the classics of the genre, this is a gift to those who contemplate the marvels of travelling in the ancient world.

About the Author:

Fourteenth century author Ibn Battutah is best known as an explorer and travel writer. His writings describe his extensive travels through most of the known Islamic world, from West Africa, Pakistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and China.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 033049113X
• ISBN 13: 9780330491136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352