Ibn Battuta In Black Africa
Contributors: Ross E. Dunn (Foreword)
Edition: Expanded edition
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: October 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781558763357
Subjects: Classic travel writing; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World; Africa - General; History; Travel - Foreign; Africa; Essays & Travelogues
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.