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