We arrived at the capital, Fas [Fez], God Most High Guard it. There I said farewell to our master, God strengthen him, and set out on a journey to the country of the blacks. I reached the city of Sijilmasa, a very beautiful city. After twenty-five days we reached Taghaza. It is a village with no attractions. A strange thing about it is that its houses and mosque are built of blocks of salt and roofed with camel skins. There are no trees, only sand in which is a salt mine. They dig the ground and thick slaves are found in it. A camel carries two slabs.
From The Travels of Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1325–1354
(Ap world History)
Which of the following explorers can best be compared to Ibn Battuta?
a. Vasco da Gama
b. Marco Polo
c. Zheng He
d. Faxian
