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

"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 discusse...

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Main Author: Waines, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris , c2012
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300 |a x, 226 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
500 |a First published in hardback in 2010 by I.B. Tauris 
500 |a New paperback edition published in 2012 by I.B. Tauris 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index 
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