Travels with a Tangerine. A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah
Travels with a Tangerine. A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah | Rare and modern books | Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
Rare and modern books
Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
Picador. London. New ed 2001,
Travels with a Tangerine. A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah
Travels with a Tangerine. A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah | Rare and modern books | Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
Rare and modern books
Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
Picador. London. New ed 2001,
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- Author
- Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
- Publishers
- Picador. London. New ed 2001
- Keyword
- Islam
- Binding description
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- Dust jacket
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- State of preservation
- As New
- Binding
- Softcover
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- First edition
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Description
Maps, 351pp, index, paperback. "Ibn Battutah was the greatest traveller of the pre-mechanical age, journeying for 29 years and covering three times the ground Marco Polo covered. Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows the first stage of Ibn Battutah's journey, from Tangier to Constantinople. Destinations include the Egyptian desert, Assassin castles in Syria, the Kuria Maria Islands in the Arabian Sea and some of the greates cities in Medeival Islam. He also compares the the contemporary Muslim world with the past." Publisher's description.
