The odyssey of Ibn Battuta : uncommon tales of a medieval adventurer

• Tác giả: David Waines
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 910.917 Geography and travel
• Thông tin xuất bản: London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2010.
• Mô tả vật lý: x, 226 pages, 12 unnumbered of plates : , illustrations, map ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 115526
• Chủ đề: 1. Islamic Empire--Description and travel; 2. Travel, Medieval; 3. Travelers--Islamic Empire

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.

Tóm tắt

"Ibn Battuta was, without doubt, one of the world's truly great travellers. 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. ... David Waines discusses [Ibn Battuta's work], life, and times ..."--Jacket.