Download or read book The Travels of Ibn Batūta written by Ibn Batuta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.