Google Doodle Tribute to Ibn Battuta

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Google pays tribute to the great Moroccan traveler and explorer Ibn Battuta on his birthday today 25th February 1304. Visit Google today and don’t miss the scroll button on the left and right to view more Ibn Battuta Journey doodles.

Wikipedia:

Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abdullah al-Lawati al-Tanji ibn Baṭūṭah (Arabicأبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي بن بطوطة‎), or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad–Din[1] (February 25, 1304–1368 or 1369), was a Muslim Moroccan explorer, known for his extensive travels published in the Rihla(literally, “The Journey”). Over a period of thirty years, he visited most of the known Islamic world, including North Africa, the Horn of AfricaWest Africa,Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle EastSouth AsiaCentral AsiaSoutheast Asia and China in the East, a distance surpassing his near-contemporary Marco Polo. Ibn Battuta is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time.[2] He journeyed more than 75,000 miles (121,000 km), a figure unsurpassed by any individual explorer until the coming of the Steam Age some 450 years later.[1]

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