00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000002381 20221114080604 0010-0520002381 221114################|##########|#eng## 0-330-49113-x eng 915.042 915.042 TRA Travels of Ibn Battutah Travels of Ibn Battutah / Edited by Tim Mackintosh- Smith London : MacMillan, 2002 xviii, 325p.; 23 cm ; 23 cm Ibn Battutah was just twenty-one when he set out from his native Tangier on a prigrimage to Mecca. it was 1325, within a year of Marco Polo's death, and it marked the beginning of an odyssey which was cover three times the distance of Polo's well-known journey. on his return, ibn battutah set down the story of his travels. Packed with gossip, anecdote, observation and insight, it brings the medieval world and the adventures of the writer vividly to life. Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377. Voyages and travels Travelers --Islamic Empire --Biography 05178/MKRI-P/II-2008 05178/MKRI-P/II-2008