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Traveling Man The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325–1354 James Rumford The Pyramids, Egypt, 1326. Pearl diving, Persian Gulf, 1330. North of the Black Sea, 1333. Trying to keep warm by wearing all my clothes. Dressed in pilgrim's clothes, 1326. With my beautiful black horse, India, 1336. Constantinople (Istanbul), 1332. With the Christian emperor's father, who touched my hands and feet because I had been to Jerusalem. I fainted when I saw this yogi magician, Delhi, about 1340. Native boats, filled with fresh fruit and fish, coming to greet us, Sumatra, 1346. I walked around the Rock of Gibraltar, 1350. I climbed this tower, called a minaret, and got a fine view, Marrakesh, 1351. Gathering rainwater from a natural well inside the trunk of a baobab tree, Sahara, 1352. Hippos—the first I had ever seen—feeding on the shore in the moonlight, Black Nile, 1353. For my mother Copyright © 2001 by James Rumford Arabic and Chinese calligraphy and illuminated maps and pages are by the author. Arabic spellings of place names reflect fourteenth-century orthography. All rights reserved. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com The text of this book is set in Adobe Caslon. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rumford, James. Traveling man : the journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325—1354 / written and illustrated by James Rumford. p. cm. RNF ISBN 0-618-08366-9 PAP ISBN 0-618-43233-7 1. Ibn Batutta, 1304-1377—Journeys—Juvenile literature. 2. Voyages and travels— Juvenile literature. 3. Asia—Description and travel—Juvenile literature. 4. Africa—Description and travel—Juvenile literature. 5. Travelers—Islamic Empire—Biography—Juvenile literature. [1. Ibn Battuta, 1304–1377. 2. Travelers. 3. Voyages and travels.] I. Title. G370.12 R86 2001 910'.92—dc21 00-057257 Printed in Singapore TWP 10 9 8 7 Traveling Man The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325—1354 Written, illustrated and illuminated by James Rumford HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON

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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
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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

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