The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
Subtitle: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Published: March 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780520057715
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; Islamic Empire; Voyages And Travels; History - General History; Biography/Autobiography; Travel, Medieval; General; Ibn Batuta; 1304-1377; Biography; Ibn Batuta,; Travelers
First sentence: The white and windy city of Tangier lies on the coast of Morocco at the southwestern end of the Strait of Gibraltar where the cold surface current of the Atlantic flows into the channel, forming a river to the Mediterranean 45 miles away.