First inexpensive edition of great travel classic offers detailed, sharply observed portrait of 17th-century Persia. Vivid record of life at court of Shah: lavish banquets and entertainments, diplomatic negotiations, intrigues and cruelty, more. Also, soil and climate, flora and fauna, manners and customs, trade and manufacture, many other aspects. 9 illustrations.
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The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition, Vol. 1 by Marco Polo A vast treasury of invaluable observations on the peoples and geography of the Near East and Asia in the 13th century. Detailed descriptions of cities, customs, laws, crops, animals, politicals, more.
Early Travels in Palestine by Thomas Wright Nine daring explorers — from the 7th to the 17th century — provide invaluable insights into the historical and intellectual climate of Palestine and the Holy Land.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: in the Near East, Asia and Africa, 1325-1354 by Ibn Battuta, Samuel Lee An engrossing account of a 1326 pilgrimage to Mecca provides vivid details of Morocco, Russia, India, China, and elsewhere. "The ultimate in real life adventure stories." — History in Review.
