The Travels of Ibn Batuta: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Travels of Ibn Batuta by Ibn Battuta: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 14 original MP3 tracks, 7:12:03 running time and a link to listen.
The Travels of Ibn Batuta, credited to Ibn Battuta, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Travels of Ibn Batuta by Ibn Battuta. (Translated by Samuel Lee.) Read in English by volunteer readers. Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands. His journeys included trips to North Africa, West Africa, the Horn of Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Battuta is generally considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. This is a journal/record of his travels, omitting the translator's note and preface. (Summary modified from Wikipedia) NOTE: The material contains racial terms and ideas that are objectionable today. The final section speaks of cannibalism with the natives as the victims, for example.
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Travels of Ibn Batuta
- Author credits: Ibn Battuta
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 14
- Listed recording duration: 7:12:03
Catalogue topics
- travel
- africa
- Islam
- ibn batūta
- south asia
- maldives
- 14th century
- timbuktu
Track guide
- 01 - Chapters 1, 2 - Egypt — 14:46
- 02 - Chapters 3, 4, 5 - Egypt and Syria — 23:17
- 03 - Chapters 6, 7, 8 - Iraq, Persia and Turkey — 34:56
- 04 - Chapters 9, 10 - Arabia, Zanzibar and Persia — 26:40
- 05 - Chapters 11, 12, 13 - Rome, Tartary, Khorsan and Kabul — 53:48
- 06 - Chapters 14, 15 - Hindustan — 1:11:18
- 07 - Chapters 16, 17, 18 - Hindustan — 1:02:57
- 08 - Chapter 19- Maldive Islands — 14:42
- 09 - Chapter 20 - Ceylon — 16:05
- 10 - Chapter 21 - Hindustan — 17:15
- 11 - Chapter 22 - Indian Archipelago, Sumatra and Java — 14:33
- 12 - Chapter 23 - China — 43:36
- 13 - Chapter 24 - Sumatra to Spain — 14:17
- 14 - Chapter 25 - Africa — 23:53
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