Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354Ibn Battuta was the traveler of his age—the fourteenth century, a time before Columbus when many believed the world to be flat. Like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta left behind an account of his own incredible journey from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania, some seventy-five thousand miles in all. James Rumford has retold Ibn Battuta’s story in words and pictures, adding the element of ancient Arab maps—maps as colorful and as evocative as a Persian miniature, as intricate and mysterious as a tiled Moroccan wall. Into this arabesque of pictures and maps, James Rumford has woven the story not just of a traveler in a world long gone but of a man on his journey through life. |
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Arab name Asia Balkh baobab tree BATTUTA IN JERUSALEM beautiful black horse Beijing bird Black Nile Black Sea Black Stone Calicut called a minaret Cambaluc caravan China Christian emperor's father climbed this tower Constantinople Istanbul Delhi Dilshad dream Dressed in pilgrim's eastern edge Egypt Five Waters fruit and fish Gathering rainwater giant go to Mecca Hindu Kush Hindu-Killing Mountains Hippos-the Holy Man's hundred roads Ibn Battuta IBN JUZAYY ih-ben India inside the trunk Isfahan Istanbul Kaaba Kilwa lotus tree Luwata tribe Maldive Mecca Medina Morocco mosque Muslims natural well inside Ocean of Darkness Ocean of Ignorance peacock-colored seas pilgrim pilgrim's clothes plague Quanzhou rebels Rock of Gibraltar Sahara sailed Samarkand saw this yogi scarlet roads Sea of Rome seen-feeding Serendib silk steppes story sultan Sumatra Tang Dynasty Tangier Timbuktu traveler's reward traveling Traveling-it offers warm by wearing yogi magician Zanj Zeitun العام بلاد بن جاوه عبد الله محمد
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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Ross E. Dunn Limited preview - 2004 |