• 14th century traveler, born and died in present day Morocco
• Wrote down travel in book called The Rihla, meaning the journey
• Often considered most well traveled person in pre-modern era
• Born into family of Islamic Scholar, acted as judge through travels
• Journey started with Hajj at 21, did not end for next 25 years
  • Visited almost all Muslim places in world, along with non-Muslim places
  • Traveled to Kilwa, Island off of coast of east Swahili coast
• Book was translated in 19th century, attracted scholarly attention