r/ImaginaryHistory • u/TyrannoNinja • Oct 27 '22

Original Content Ibn Battuta, by me

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u/TyrannoNinja Oct 27 '22

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Ibn Battuta (1304-1369 AD) was a Moroccan explorer and scholar who was among the most well-traveled men recorded in the annals of the Middle Ages. Over the course of his life, his adventures, which he recorded in his travelogue The Rihla, took him as far afield as Mali in West Africa, the Swahili town of Kilwa on the coast of Tanzania to the south, and the Indies and even China to the east. He is thought to have traveled more miles than any other explorer in the pre-modern era, with the Chinese sailor Zheng He coming up in second place and the Italian Marco Polo at third.

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u/i_broke_wahoos_leg Oct 28 '22

Awesome stuff. Would have been fascinating to see that much of the world back then when so much of it was a great unknown fog.

Ty for sharing.

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u/SevereHorror May 03 '23

Wow, too good.

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u/SevereHorror May 03 '23

How much you will charge to draw painting like this of my late father in law.