Book description
In 1325, the great Arab traveler Ibn Battutah set out from his native Tangier in North Africa on pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned nearly thirty years later, he had seen most of the known world, covering three times the distance allegedly traveled by the great Venetian explorer…
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1 author picked Travels with a Tangerine as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In Travels with a Tangerine, Tim Mackintosh-Smith meanders in the wake of Tangier’s legendary Ibn Battutah, whose wanderlust knew no bounds. As a former resident of Tangier myself, I have enjoyed this book several times over—and even included it on the required reading list for a workshop on travel writing.
Each time I dip into it, I come away astonished by both the depth of his scholarship and the ease with which he navigates in a freshly complicated world.
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