The Most Famous
EXPLORERS from Morocco
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Moroccan Explorers of all time. This list of famous Moroccan Explorers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ibn Battuta (1304 - 1368)
With an HPI of 82.47, Ibn Battuta is the most famous Moroccan Explorer. His biography has been translated into 137 different languages on wikipedia.
Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī (; 24 February 1304 – 1368/1369), commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar. Over a period of thirty years from 1325 to 1354, Ibn Battuta visited most of North Africa, the Middle East, East Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, the Iberian Peninsula, and West Africa. Near the end of his life, he dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling, but commonly known as The Rihla. Ibn Battuta travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around 117,000 km (73,000 mi), surpassing Zheng He with about 50,000 km (31,000 mi) and Marco Polo with 24,000 km (15,000 mi). There have been doubts over the historicity of some of Ibn Battuta's travels, particularly as they reach farther East.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Moroccan explorers born between 1304 and 1304. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Moroccan explorers include Ibn Battuta.
