Ibn Battuta in Black Africa (World History)
Contributors: Said Hamdun (Editor)
Edition: Rev Enl edition
Publisher: Marcus Wiener
Published: January 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781558760882
Subjects: African history: c 500 to c 1500; Biography: historical; Biography: political; Black studies; Classic travel writing; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Description and travel; Africa - General; History - General History; History; Africa, West; Africa; Early works to 1800; 1304-1377; Africa, Eastern; Ibn Batuta,
First sentence: Ibn Battuta, who was born at Tangier in North Africa in 1304 and died not far from there some sixty-five years later, was the greatest of the pre-modern travellers and will go down in history as being notable among the travellers of all time.