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Travels of Ibn Battuta

Door Samuel Lee

Categorie	Ontdekkingsreizen & Expedities
Boeknummer	#352804-ZC6
Titel	Travels of Ibn Battuta
Auteur	Lee, Samuel (translator)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Darf Publishers
Jaar van uitgave	1984
ISBN10	1850770352
ISBN13	9781850770350
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Ibn Batuta (1304-1377) was the greatest of the Arabian travellers of the Middle Ages. Born in Algiers, he spent the years 1325-54 in overland traverse throughout Europe, Asia and much of Africa. He visited Mecca, Persia, Mesopotamia, Arabia, North and East Africa, Asia Minor, Bukhara, Afghanistan, India, Sumatra and China. He eventually settled in Fez in 1354 where he began to write an account of his travels. The resulting narrative is among the most important of the early Arabic texts, providing a primary source for the history and geography of the medieval Arab world. Moreover, the 'Travels' have retained their compelling fascination despite the passage of centuries. Reverend Samuel Lee (1783-1852), English Orientalist and Professor of Arabic at Cambridge was the first to provide an Engl... (Lees verder)ish translation of this text, in 1829. His annotations add greatly to our understanding of the work and provide the student with useful background information. Thus, both for its intrinsic and its historical value, this handsome facsimile of the first edition will be greatly welcomed.
Pagina's	243
Conditie	Goed — Dust jacket slightly worn along the egdes.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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