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Description for IBN Battuta
Paperback. Ibn Battuta was famous in his own lifetime during the 14th Century as the greatest traveller of the age. Here, the author reviews Ibn Battuta's journeys and discusses the major themes of his travels. He also examines the financing of Ibn Battuta's adventures, and how geography and natural history are presented by him. Series: Makers of Islamic Civilization. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
Ibn Battuta was famous in his own lifetime during the 14th Century as the greatest traveller of the age. He traversed the whole Islamic world (from his native Tangier to China), and crossed over its boundaries in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. He was variously attacked by pirates, shipwrecked, marooned and kidnapped. His observations on political power, and on legal, commercial and cultural practices in the numerous places that he visited. give his Travels an enduring fascination. This narrative of high adventure rivals, or even surpasses, the explorations of Battuta's near contemporary, Marco Polo. Told with humour, irony and pathos, his ... Read more
Ibn Battuta was famous in his own lifetime during the 14th Century as the greatest traveller of the age. He traversed the whole Islamic world (from his native Tangier to China), and crossed over its boundaries in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. He was variously attacked by pirates, shipwrecked, marooned and kidnapped. His observations on political power, and on legal, commercial and cultural practices in the numerous places that he visited. give his Travels an enduring fascination. This narrative of high adventure rivals, or even surpasses, the explorations of Battuta's near contemporary, Marco Polo. Told with humour, irony and pathos, his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Makers of Islamic Civilization
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845113940
SKU
V9781845113940
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About L. P. Harvey
L P Harvey was formerly Cervantes Professor of Spanish at King's College London and is now a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He is the author of the widely-acclaimed Islamic Spain: 1250 to 1500 and Muslims in Spain: 1500 to 1614.
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