The road to Xanadu in the Travels of Marco Polo

2017; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

1556-5068

Autores

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna,

Tópico(s)

Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics

Resumo

Using Google Earth and Wikimapia, we can try to reconstruct the journey from Beijing to Xanadu described by Marco Polo in the Milione. A possible itinerary is here proposed, in agreement with the words of the Venetian traveler. Keywords: Satellite Images, Google Earth, Wikimapia, Marco Polo, China.

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