Article

The Road to Xanadu in the Travels of Marco Polo

Amelia Carolina SparavignaPolitecnico di Torino

SSRN Electronic Journalrepository2017en

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Abstract

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.

Topics

Historical and Archaeological Studies Medieval European History and Architecture Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics

Identifiers

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4984277

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