Andrew Sly wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Holden McGroin wrote:
I have to agree with Anne. Every time I hear about Ibn Batuta's amazing travels, I feel the urge to read his writings. Is there any chance we could get them online as part of Gutenberg's collection?
Of course there is. I believe it would just be a matter of how much effort and expense some volunteers would like to go to in order to make it happen. Oh, and a bit of luck too.
After reading what I could find about Ibn Batuta, I agree, this could be worth searching out... (I would imagine in an english translation)
The 1829 English translation by (Reverend) Samuel Lee looks like the best bet: The Travels of Ibn Batuta; Translated from the Abridged Arabic Manuscript Copies, preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge. Translated by Rev. Samuel Lee. London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829 I see a couple of 1985 re-prints going for ~$60US. The Gibb translation is too new. It looks like it was published in the 50s or so. Gibb lived until 1971. ============================================================ Gardner Buchanan <gbuchana@rogers.com> Ottawa, ON FreeBSD: Where you want to go. Today.