Name: The Travels of ibn bat ta: With Notes, Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiquities, Etc. Occurring Throughout the Work (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History)
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Author: Ibn Batuta ; Lee, Samuel
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The Travels of ibn bat ta: With Notes, Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiquities, Etc. Occurring Throughout the Work (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ibn Batuta

Translated by

Samuel Lee

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2012

Language

English

Pages

270

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.4 x 17.0 x 1.4 cm

Weight

0.44 kg.

ISBN

1108041973

ISBN13

9781108041973

Synopsis "The Travels of ibn bat ta: With Notes, Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiquities, Etc. Occurring Throughout the Work (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History) "

This English edition of the work of the Arab traveller usually known as Ibn Battuta (1304-68/9) was translated by Rev. Samuel Lee (1783-1852), Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, from 'the abridged Arabic manuscript copies, preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge', and published in 1829. Lee's work sparked widespread European interest in Ibn Battuta, who had set off from his native Morocco on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325, and kept travelling for the next twenty-four years, reaching as far east as China and as far south as Zanzibar, as well as visiting parts of Spain and the Byzantine Empire. On his return, he dictated an account of his travels; Lee translated an abridged version, but fuller versions were later discovered. There is doubt as to whether Ibn Battuta actually saw everything he described, but this account gives a fascinating world-view from the medieval period.

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