ACCOUNTS OF FAMOUS TRAVELLERS •
Benjamin of Tudela visited many places of Europe, Persia etc.
Benjamin of Tudela (Tudela, (Kingdom of Navarre), 1130 – 1173) was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. The Travels of Benjamin is an important work not only as a description of the Jewish communities, but also as a reliable source about the geography and ethnography of the Middle Ages. Benjamin set out on his journey from northeast Spain around 1165, in what may have begun as a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and traveled to France, Rome, Italy, Greece, Syria, Lebenon, Israel, Baghdad, Persia etc. In all he visited over 300 cities •
Young Marco Polo visited entire Europe and Asia
. Marco Polo (1254 – January 9, 1324) was a Venetian merchant traveler from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned, and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married and had 3 children. He died in 1324, and was buried in San Lorenzo. At the end of year 1271, 17 year Marco Polo started his journey and passed through Armenia, Persia, and Afghanistan, over the Pamirs “the highest place in the world”, and all along the Silk Road to China. Returning home from China in 1292 CE, Marco Polo arrives on the Coromandel Coast of India in a typical merchant ship with over sixty cabins and up to 300 crewmen. He enters the kingdom of the Tamil Pandyas near modern day Tanjore. Their pioneering journey inspired Christopher Columbus and others. •
Iban Batuta left Morocco, Crossed Africa, and West Asia and so on
. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad–Din (February 25, 1304–1368 or 1369), was a Moroccan Berber Islamic traveller known for his fascinating travels published in the Rihla (literally, "The Journey"). Spanning thirty years and most of the known Islamic world, he then extended beyond North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast 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. He travelled more than 75,000 miles (121,000 km). • John of Monte visited many places for searching knowledge. John of Montecorvino or Giovanni da Montecorvino in Italian (1246 - 1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveler and statesman, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China, and archbishop of Peking, and Latin Patriarch of the Orient. Shortly after Marco Polo he made his trip to China. •
Vasco da Gama (1460-1524)
The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama led an expedition at the end of the 15th century that opened the sea route to India by way of the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. He was born about 1460 at Sines. He was a gentleman at court when he was chosen to lead the expedition to India. After the expedition Da Gama then settled in Portugal, married, and raised a family. King John III sent him to India in 1524 as viceroy, but he soon became ill and died in Cochin on Dec. 24, 1524. Vasco de Gama was an important explorer and made a very important trip around the tip of Africa. He had a hard voyage, but made it back successfully. He was brave and a good leader.
Benjamin of Tudela visited many places of Europe, Persia etc.
Benjamin of Tudela (Tudela, (Kingdom of Navarre), 1130 – 1173) was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. The Travels of Benjamin is an important work not only as a description of the Jewish communities, but also as a reliable source about the geography and ethnography of the Middle Ages. Benjamin set out on his journey from northeast Spain around 1165, in what may have begun as a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and traveled to France, Rome, Italy, Greece, Syria, Lebenon, Israel, Baghdad, Persia etc. In all he visited over 300 cities •
Young Marco Polo visited entire Europe and Asia
. Marco Polo (1254 – January 9, 1324) was a Venetian merchant traveler from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned, and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married and had 3 children. He died in 1324, and was buried in San Lorenzo. At the end of year 1271, 17 year Marco Polo started his journey and passed through Armenia, Persia, and Afghanistan, over the Pamirs “the highest place in the world”, and all along the Silk Road to China. Returning home from China in 1292 CE, Marco Polo arrives on the Coromandel Coast of India in a typical merchant ship with over sixty cabins and up to 300 crewmen. He enters the kingdom of the Tamil Pandyas near modern day Tanjore. Their pioneering journey inspired Christopher Columbus and others. •
Iban Batuta left Morocco, Crossed Africa, and West Asia and so on
. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad–Din (February 25, 1304–1368 or 1369), was a Moroccan Berber Islamic traveller known for his fascinating travels published in the Rihla (literally, "The Journey"). Spanning thirty years and most of the known Islamic world, he then extended beyond North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast 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. He travelled more than 75,000 miles (121,000 km). • John of Monte visited many places for searching knowledge. John of Montecorvino or Giovanni da Montecorvino in Italian (1246 - 1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveler and statesman, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China, and archbishop of Peking, and Latin Patriarch of the Orient. Shortly after Marco Polo he made his trip to China. •
Vasco da Gama (1460-1524)
The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama led an expedition at the end of the 15th century that opened the sea route to India by way of the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. He was born about 1460 at Sines. He was a gentleman at court when he was chosen to lead the expedition to India. After the expedition Da Gama then settled in Portugal, married, and raised a family. King John III sent him to India in 1524 as viceroy, but he soon became ill and died in Cochin on Dec. 24, 1524. Vasco de Gama was an important explorer and made a very important trip around the tip of Africa. He had a hard voyage, but made it back successfully. He was brave and a good leader.
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