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Ibn Batuta(Muhammad ibn-Abdullah ibn-Battutah)
Born: 1304? AD
Died: 1378? AD.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Died: 1378? AD.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Moroccan Muslim traveler
most widely-traveled person of medieval times
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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century by Ross E. Dunn (Paperback - Dec 9, 2004) Known as the greatest traveler 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...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 by James Rumford (Hardcover - Sep 24, 2001) Ibn Battuta was the traveler of his ageâthe fourteenth century, a time before Columbus when many believed the world to be flat. Like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta left behind an account of his own...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Travels with a Tangerine: From Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler by Tim Mackintosh-Smith (Paperback - Jun 8, 2004) In 1325, the great Arab traveler Ibn Battutah set out from his native Tangier in North Africa on pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned nearly thirty years later, he had seen most of the known... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Ibn Battuta In Black Africa by Ibn Battuta and Noel King (Paperback - Mar 9, 2005) Everybody knows the names of European explorers such as Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, but how many have heard of Ibn Battuta? This intrepid North African scholar first set out for Mecca in... |
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MGA 4: The Travels of Marco Polo (MyEclectica.com Great Adventures) by Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa (Kindle Edition - Mar 15, 2008) The Travels of Marco Polo is the usual English title of Marco Polo's travel book, nicknamed Il Milione (The Million - as in a million lies) or Le Livre des Merveilles (The Book of Wonders). It was a... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354 (The Broadway Travellers) by Ibn Batuta and H. A. R. Gibb (Hardcover - Jun 9, 1969) |
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