Biographies

Ibn Battuta

A fourteenth-century traveller whose journeys were recorded in a travel account.

Field

Travel

Region

North Africa and wider Afro-Eurasia

Understanding this entry

Travel narratives offer valuable descriptions but also require source criticism. Ask when a text was dictated, edited or copied, and distinguish direct observation from reported stories.

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