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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London :
I.B. Tauris ,
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Travel tales, their creators and critics
- 2. The travels
- 3. Tales of food and hospitality
- 4. Tales of sacred places, saints, miracles and marvels
- 5. Tales of the 'other'