[font:7f4c=Calibri]Ibn Battuta was the greatest traveler and explorer before the age of the railway.[/font]
[font:7f4c=Calibri]He visited what would now be forty-four countries .He was born in Tangier in Morocco in 1304 and studied Islamic law . He travelled by ship ,went across the deserts and crossed mountain ranges.[/font]
[font:7f4c=Calibri]Ibn Battuta was an Islamic scholar and judge. Of course he had many adventures .Once ,he was captured by robbers in India .In Delhi ,he was made a prisoner by the sultan .[/font]
[font:7f4c=Calibri]He died in about 1369 after a long and very eventful life.[/font]