MackintoshSmith, Tim
Landfalls
- ISBN 13:
- 9780719567780
- author:
- MackintoshSmith, Tim
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- John Murray
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 19.4 x 13 x 2.6 cm
- Genre:
- Asian / Middle Eastern history
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Tim Mackintosh-Smith's latest journey takes him to the farthest reaches of the medieval world. In "Landfalls On the Edge of Islam", he sets out to uncover the life and travels of Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century explorer who out-traveled Marco Polo.
From the tropical islands of Zanzibar to the dusty towns on the shores of the Saharan sand-sea, Mackintosh-Smith's zigzag itinerary leads him across time and space. He searches for survivals from Ibn Battuta's world - material, human, spiritual, edible - but finds that familiar notions don't always work when your fellow traveler has a 700-year head start.
This book is the third volume in Mackintosh-Smith's series of travelogues, following "Travels with a Tangerine" and "The Hall of a Thousand Columns".
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