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Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354
Average Customer Review : 4.5/5 based on 8 reviews
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Editorial Reviews
Ibn Battuta was the traveler of his age—the fourteenth century, a time before Columbus when many believed the world to be flat. Like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta left behind an account of his own incredible journey from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania, some seventy-five thousand miles in all.
James Rumford has retold Ibn Battuta"s story in words and pictures, adding the element of ancient Arab maps—maps as colorful and as evocative as a Persian miniature, as intricate and mysterious as a tiled Moroccan wall.
Into this arabesque of pictures and maps, James Rumford has woven the story not just of a traveler in a world long gone but of a man on his journey through life.
Spotlight Reviews
See the world (2008-06-03)
Customer Review : 5
This stunning work is so well executed that it introduces young readers to geography, intellectual curiosity, and Islam in one short text. The integration of art, mapping, and narration feeds the hungry mind with something other than a Eurocentric view of the world. Well done!
Ibn Battuta, Traveling Man (2008-01-08)
Customer Review : 5
This is a wonderful book for a child, or for an adult with an eye for the lovely art that graces it. For the adult, it will lead inevitably to a more adult account of Ibn Battuta's travels -- and a hint at all the history that is out there that we don't get in our high school text books!
Good Illustration (2005-12-11)
Customer Review : 4
I learned the hard way that this is not a book written by Ibn Battuta and worse it is an illustration book.
HOWEVER, the illustration is amazing and the Ibn Battutas' quotes are well placed and chosen to give a large insights of how and what Ibn Battuta felt hen he made his adventures. I did not get what I expected (historical accounts) but the amazing illustrations made the money well spent anyway.
Ibn Battuta (2005-06-19)
Customer Review : 4
This picture book is a beautifully illustrated picture book of one man's journey to Mecca. As a Christian, I appreciated this book for an explanation of the Muslims'a pilgrimage without being inundated with a lot of emphasis on the religion. It was more of a tale of the journey itself, filled with cultural imagery. The illustrations are lovely and creatively show the handwriting, animals, geography, architecture, and other elements of that time period and region.
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 (2004-09-13)
Customer Review : 5
This is an excellent book for kids and adults alike! It's one of my son's favorite - he is enthralled by Ibn Battuta's adventures and likes to look at the beautiful illustrations. The Arabic script also makes this book interesting; it's not often that one comes across this sort of writing here. For me, it is a simple introductory of a man that I have heard of, but had not known much else. I wish this man is as famous as Marco Polo!
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