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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...droppings of camels. Troubled by mirages, once nearly dying of thirst when he dropped his waterskin, Hsuan made himself so popular everywhere he went that he had to go on a hunger strike before one Central Asian king would let him depart. An entire chapter is devoted to Ibn Battuta, sprig of a Tangerian family of judges who in the 14th Century visited every Moslem colony in the world. The sedately written narrative is spiced with many a quaint excerpt from the original chronicles, maps and reproductions of old engravings, tid bits of curious information. Sir Percy manifests the complacent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Herodotus to Byrd | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

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