Ibn Battuta
March 27th 1344 The famous traveler and trader Ibn Battuta traveled to Calicut at the about same time as me; I hope to document my travels as well as he has so far. He sees Calicut is visited by men from China, Sumatra, Ceylon, the Maldives, Yemen and Fars, and in it gathers merchants from all quarters. He said, "We came next to Calicut, one of the great ports of the district of Malabar, and in which merchants of
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