First Non-Muslim European Description of Mecca (1503) / Undercover Adventure of Ludovico di Varthema @VoicesofthePast

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Extracts taken from "The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema" translated by John Winter Jones.

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Varthema Book By ActuaLitté - Itinerario de Ludovico de Verthema, Lodovico di Varthema, 1523 - Foire du Livre de Charjah, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65895839

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