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A gift to those who contemplate the marvels of travelling in the ancient world.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... Read Full Overview

He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years, travelling instead through more than forty countries on the modern map, covering seventy-five thousand miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his... Read Full Overview

2023 Reprint of the 1929 U.S. Edition. Illustrated Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Ibn Battutah - ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist - was just twenty-one when he set out... Read Full Overview

In 1326, Ibn Battuta began a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later. His engrossing account of that journey provides vivid scenes from Morocco, southern Russia, India, China, and elsewhere. ""Essential reading . . . the ultimate in real life adventure... Read Full Overview

Ibn Batt?ta was a geographer and traveller who spent decades roaming distant lands; these are his journeys, translated to English by celebrated scholar H.A.R. Gibb.

Travelling in the 14th century, Ibn Batt?ta details a variety of world cultures and regions... Read Full Overview

Ibn Batt?ta was a geographer and traveller who spent decades roaming distant lands; these are his journeys, translated to English by celebrated scholar H.A.R. Gibb.

Travelling in the 14th century, Ibn Batt?ta details a variety of world cultures and regions... Read Full Overview

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta's appointment by the Sultan of Delhi to accompany an embassy to China. In Volume IV he describes his journey to the coast where he embarked near Cambay and sailed to Calicut... Read Full Overview

This English edition of the work of the Arab traveller usually known as Ibn Battuta (1304-68/9) was translated by Rev. Samuel Lee (1783-1852), Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, from 'the abridged Arabic manuscript copies, preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge',... Read Full Overview

The Travels of Ibn Batuta is a travelogue written by Ibn Batuta, a 14th-century Moroccan explorer and scholar. The book chronicles his extensive travels throughout the Islamic world, including North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, and China. The book is divided... Read Full Overview

The Travels of Ibn Batuta is an account of the travels of the famous Moroccan explorer, Ibn Batuta, written in 1829. Ibn Batuta was a Muslim scholar and traveler who lived in the 14th century and is known for his extensive travels throughout the Islamic world and beyond. The... Read Full Overview