The travels of Ibn Battutah
By: abridged, introduced and annotated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
Contributors: Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, 1961-
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377 -- Travel; Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: Ibn Battuta was just 21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another 29 years, travelling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, covering 75,000 miles. This edition is with Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
Notes: "Abridged from the translation by Professors Sir Hamilton Gibb and C.F. Beckingham originally published by the Hakluyt Society in four volumes, 1958-1994"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.