Dover books on travel, adventure: the travels of ibn battuta - paperback: 9780486437651

from bookwoman247

Ibn Battuta was a pilgrim from Tangiers who traveled extensively through North Africa, the Middle East, India, China, and even into Siberia during the 14th Century. It was interesting to compare the account of his travels with that of Marco Polo. Polo was younger, more exuberant, more open to new...

from billsearth

This book can be termed a history, travelogue, or a memoir. It has elements of all three but is probably more a history of culture in the fourteenth century. Because the author travelled to almost all parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, it contains the period culture of much of the world. Today, m...

from mmmorsi

A must read for those who do not know of Ibn Battuta. Well written and documented, it carries you through the journeys and offers a different view than the contemporary, and better known but perhaps less travelled, Marco Polo.

from JVioland

This book is a farce. Battuta may have journeyed during his lifetime, but this record - made after he returned from the twenty-nine year excursion - contains so many errors that it raises more than skepticism. The translator, an English clergyman in the 1820s was obviously enamored of this travel...

from TheSmarch

Meh. Largely forgettable account. No sense of order and a lot of hokey anecdotes about "holy" men.