Odyssey of Ibn Battuta, The : Uncommon Tales of a Medieval Adventurer
David. Waines
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : I.B.Tauris, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (241 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Map: The travels of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354; 1. Travel Tales, Their Creators and Critics; 2. The Travels; 3. Tales of Food and Hospitality; 4. Tales of Sacred Places, Saints, Miracles and Marvels; 5. Tales of the 'Other'; Notes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index. - Ibn Battuta was, without doubt, one of the world's truly great travelers. Born in fourteenth-century Morocco, and a contemporary of Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta has left us an account in his own words of his remarkable journeys throughout the Islamic world and beyond: journeys punctuated by adventure and peril, and stretching from his home in Tangier to Zaitun in faraway China. Whether sojourning in Delhi and the Maldives, wandering through the mazy streets of Cairo and Damascus, or contesting with pirates and shipwreck, the indefatigable Ibn Battuta brings to vivid life a medieval
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| ISBN | 0-85773-065-7
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