Central Asia
Is this guy our average Joe from the Middle Ages?
This is an interesting book, but there is something to consider before reading it: Johann Schiltberger, much like Marco Polo or Jehan de Mandeville, whom I will be reviewing later, is a writer of..
Central Asia
Why is this one still so good today, even though a lot of it is untrue?
This could well be the most famous travel book of them all. It’s a slow read though..
Central Asia
Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta is only a very young man when he embarks on his hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. But he doesn’t stop there. Instead he goes on and on and on, and several travels during the next three decades will take him almost everywhere in..