
A condensed summary of the journeys of Ibn Battuta's life, this book allows younger readers to explore along with the world traveler. He goes on the hajj to Mecca, travels through Arabia to India, and then continues on to China where he meets the emperor and travels along the "River of Life." This book introduces the famous Moroccan traveler - the Marco Polo of the East - to young children and presents some of the more amazing and enchanting events of the medieval Islamic world.