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Ah I didn’t know that about Ibn Battutah! He’s one of my favourite historical figures. Also those maps are great! Btw do you own all the books you write about in your posts or is there a great library near you? Keen to know the process. One day, when I’m more settled, I aim to have a library filled with books and old maps that looks sort of like this wonderful painting:

https://victorianweb.org/painting/fildes/drawings/7.jpg

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