Travels of Marco Polo Map By Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) (Own work, using Natural Earth data) Marco Polo’s Journey Venediq = Venice, Italy Akko = Acre, Israel Jerusalem = Jerusalem, Israel Ayas = Ayas, Adana, Turkey Kayseri = Kayseri, Turkey Trapezunt = Trabzon, Turkey Erzurum = Erzurum, Turkey Tabris = Tabriz, Iran Saweh = Saveh, Iran Yasd = Yazd, Iran Kerman = Kerman, Iran Balch = Balkh, Afghanistan Taluquan = Taluquan, Afghanistan Faizabad = Fayzabad, Afghanistan (Got sick and he stayed there for a year) Crossing Pamir Mountain Range “roof of the world” Kaxgar = Kashgar or Kashi, China border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Crossing the Taklimakan Desert Shazhou = Dunhuang, Gansu province ,China Yumen = Yumen, Gansu province, China. Zhangye = Zhangye, Gansu province, China Xanadu = Xanadu City, Xilingol Meng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Peking = Beijing, capital of China (side trip) Xi’an = Xi’an is the capital of Shaanxi province Chengdu = Chengdu, Sichuan Dali = Dali City Yunnan province Yangzhou (he was a governor there for 3 years) Zardandan (people live there with gold teeth) Hangzhou (Marco’s favorite city) Karakorum (was the capital of Mongolia) Voyage back Quanzhou = Quanzhou, Fujian Province Sumatra, Indonesia Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Tamil Nadu, India Hormuz = Minab, Iran Kerman = Kerman, Iran Trapezunt = Trabzon, Turkey Constantinople = Instanbul, Turkey Venice, Italy TIMELINE
