The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Автор: Ibn Battuta
Год издания: 0000
The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time, Ibn Battuta was born into a family of highly respected religious judges and educated as a theologian. Leaving his native city of Tangier in 1326, he traveled — over the next several years — to East Africa, Byzantium, Iraq, southern Russia, India, Ceylon, and China. His account of the journey, dictated on his return, not only provides vivid accounts of an odyssey that took him to exotic lands, but also describes in great detail Muslim maritime activities in the Middle and Far East, fascinating elements of foreign architecture, and agricultural activities of diverse cultures.A rare and important work covering the geography and history of the medieval Arab world, this primary sourcebook will be welcomed by students and scholars for its inherent historical value.
Travels in Greece
Автор: Richard Chandler
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Travels in Greece : an account of a tour made at the expense of the Soc. of dilettanti / by Richard Chandler».
Travels in Western Africa
Автор: William Gray
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Travels in Western Africa : in the years 1818, 19, 20, and 21, from the river Gambia, through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta, and Foolidoo, to the river Niger : with a map, drawings, and costumes, illustrative of those countries / by major William Gray, and the late staff surgeon Dochard».
An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798
Автор: John Barrow
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Полный вариант заголовка: «An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent, the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, and sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony / by John Barrow».
Travels and adventures in the Persian provinces on the southern banks of the Caspian Sea
Автор: James Baillie Fraser
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Travels and adventures in the Persian provinces on the southern banks of the Caspian sea : with an appendix, containing short notices of the geology and commerce of Persia / by James B. Fraser».
Travels in Greece and Albania. Vol. 1
Автор: Thomas Smart Hughes
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Примечание: Путешествия в Грецию и Албанию. Полный вариант заголовка: «Travels in Greece and Albania : Vol. 1 : in 2 volumes : with considerable additions / by the Rev. T.S. Hughes».