Monday, May 30, 2011

Famous Travellers Who Made a Difference

By Faith J. Adams


Iila Stashcn. After spending time watching one ship after another leave port for far away lands, she grew an appetite for visiting new countries herself. She is most well-known, however, for Concordere Comet which has given those lucky enough to experience the ability to travel to the edge of space. She now lives in Sydney where she pursues natural medicine, culture, religion and politics.

Isabelle Everhardt. Her story is quite unique. She was very highly educated and was fluent in Arabic. After deciding to convert to Islam, she proceeded to a Muslim brotherhood. Her next move was a brave one as she dressed as a man and pretended to be Arabic, travelling across the desert as Mahmood Essadi. She wrote a number of books about the culture she was so passionate about.

Ibn Battuta. The most famous Mulsim traveller of the 14th century, he lived in India for eight years and also came to be ambassador for China. Embarking upon numerous journeys including a pilgrimage to Mecca, for almost thirty years, he travelled over seventy thousand of miles. In that time, he gained much knowledge on Islam with regards to its history and culture and shared that knowledge in a book called Travels (Richala) of Ibn Bartuta.

Ibn Sina. Sina lived in Isfahan and Tehran on his travels if which were far and wide. During his time travelling, he studied astronomy, maths and philosophy. His most famous works lie in the field of medicine, however, having written a treatise called the Qanun which is about cardiac drugs and regarded as his best work.

Thomas Cook. Responsible for changing the way that we perceive travel. He took what existed in terms of technology and innovation, in particular, the railway system and gave the working-class and modern-class the chance to travel affordable; initially through Europe and then later beyond. He wished for people to further their own self-betterment through travel.




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