The Travels of Ibn Battutah

Ibn Battutah, Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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Picador
01 August 2003

General & world history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Travel & holiday; Classic travel writing

A gift to those who contemplate the marvels of travelling in the ancient world.

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 and getting as far north as the Volga, as far East as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist and gastronome. With this edition by Mackintosh-Smith, Travels of Ibn Buttutah takes its place alongside other indestructible masterpieces of the travel-writing genre.

By: Ibn Battutah
Edited by: Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9780330418799
ISBN 10: 0330418793
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 August 2003
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Mackintosh-Smith has lived in San'a -- the Yemeni capital -- for the last twenty years. His acclaimed Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah won him a Thomas Cook/ Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award.

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The Travels of Ibn Battutah

Ibn Battutah, Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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