OLLIE: Who shall we look up today? FATIMA: My grandmother told me about this amazing explorer, Ibn Battuta. He was a Moroccan explorer from way, way back; the 1300s, I think. Can we look him up?

Ibn Battuta. Travel was not easy in the 14th century, but the Moroccan explorer was tough and determined: at various times he was imprisoned, sentenced to death, beaten and left for dead ...