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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century (1st Edition) by Ross E. Dunn Paperback, 379 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-520-24385-4 / 0520243854 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24385-9 / 9780520243859 Known as the greatest traveler of premodern times, Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta was born in Morocco in 1304 and educated in Islamic law. At the age of twenty-one, he left home to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. This was only the first of a series of extraordinary journeys that spanned nearly three de |