The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century, Paperback/Ross E. Dunn

Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. About the Author: Ross E. Dunn is Professor of History at San Diego State University.