Mongol Empire · TURNING POINT ·
Marco Polo’s journey (1271)
On the Mongol Empire map as “The Polos sail”
1271 — From Acre, a Venetian merchant’s son sets out with his father and uncle across the whole width of this map, on roads one empire keeps safe. Marco Polo returns 24 years later; his book becomes Europe’s window on the East — and the map Columbus annotates.
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- Legacy of the Mongol Empire (chapter 12 of Mongol Empire)
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- The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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