Mortuus homo est natalis – On this day, February 25, 1304 Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar, and explorer, was born. He widely travelled the medieval world, over a period of thirty years. Ibn Battuta visited most of the Islamic world and many non-Muslim lands, including Central Asia, Southeast Asia, India and China. Near the end of his life, he dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling. He travelled more than any other explorer in distance, totaling around 117,000 km, surpassing both Zheng He and Marco Polo.
The Man from Vincentown 