The Travels of Ibn Batuta with Notes, illustrative of the history, geography, botany, antiquities, Etc. occurring throughout the work

An 1829 English edition of the work of the Arab traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-68/9), whose journeys may have reached as far as China and Zanzibar. 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