
For people interested in learning more about these men, their travels, or how many travelers from all over the world were exploring during the middle ages, have some books.
Books on Zheng He:
- Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 by Edward L. Dreyer
- Admiral Zheng He and Southeast Asia, edited by Leo Suryadinata
- Zheng He: Tracing the Epic Voyages of China’s Greatest Explorer by Michael Yamashita
Books on Ahmad Ibn Fadlan:
- Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North by Ibn Fadlan
- Ibn Fadlan’s journey to Russia: a tenth-century traveler from Baghad to the Volga River, Richard Nelson Frye
Books on Ibn Battuta: