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
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Cambridge, NY
Cambridge University Press
2012
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Table of Contents:
- Tanjiers; 2. Alexandria; 3. Upper Egypt; 4. Balbis; 5. Jerusalem; 6. El Arus; 7. Idhaj; 8. El Hilla; 9. Mecca; 10. Hormuz; 11. Anatolia; 12. Sanub; 13. Fortress of Mahtuli; 14. The River Sinde; 15. Conquest of Dehli; Appendix; 16. Ibn Batuta arrives at the Queen Mother's Palace; 17. Sent on an embassy to China; 18. Arrival at Abi Sardar; 19. Description of the Maldive Islands; 20. Arrival in Ceylon; 21. Return to the coast of Coromandel; 22. Arrival at Sumatra; 23. Arrival in China; 24. Returns by the river to El Zaitun; 25. Gibraltar