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.
Ross E. Dunn is Professor of History at San Diego State University.
Ross E. Dunn is Professor of History at San Diego State University.
384 pp.5.5 x 8.25Illus: 15 b/w photographs, 12 maps
9780520272927$34.95|£30.00Paper
Jun 2012