Venice to China and back, 1271–1295
Marco Polo's Journey
24 years along the Silk Road to Kublai Khan's court, and home by sea.
- Stops
- 12
- Straight-line distance
- ≈ 25,035 km
- Look
- Terra Trek
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The stops
- 1
Venice
Piazza San Marco, Venice
St Mark's Basin, Venice
Sailing ship · 2,389 km - 2
Acre
Acre (Akko), Israel
Sea walls of Acre (Akko)
Camel caravan · 2,156 km - 3
Hormuz
Hormuz Island, Iran
Portuguese fort cistern, Hormuz
Camel caravan · 2,271 km - 4
Kashgar
Kashgar, China
Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar
Camel caravan · 1,594 km - 5
Dunhuang
Dunhuang, China
Crescent Lake, Dunhuang
Horse · 1,811 km - 6
Xanadu
Xanadu (Shangdu), Inner Mongolia
Ruins of Xanadu (Shangdu)
Horse · 1,958 km - 7
Quanzhou
Quanzhou (Zaiton), China
Kaiyuan Temple pagoda, Quanzhou
Sailing ship · 3,174 km - 8
Sumatra
Samudra, Sumatra, Indonesia
Aceh coast, Sumatra (historic photo)
Sailing ship · 1,850 km - 9
Ceylon
Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka
Adam's Peak (Sri Pada), Sri Lanka
Sailing ship · 3,393 km - 10
Hormuz
Hormuz Island, Iran
Camel caravan · 2,179 km - 11
Trebizond
Trabzon (Trebizond), Türkiye
Sumela Monastery, Trabzon
Sailing ship · 2,262 km - 12
Venice
Venice: home after 24 years
Photo credits
From Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped. Each credit also shows in the corner of the video while its photo is on screen.
- St Mark's Basin, Venice by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Sea walls of Acre (Akko) by Gady Munz Pikiwiki Israel · CC BY 2.5 · source
- Portuguese fort cistern, Hormuz by Ayazsa · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar by Hiroki Ogawa · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Crescent Lake, Dunhuang by Hiroki Ogawa · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Ruins of Xanadu (Shangdu) by xiquinhosilva · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Kaiyuan Temple pagoda, Quanzhou by H2v5o68z · CC0 · source
- Aceh coast, Sumatra (historic photo) by Unknown author (KITLV, Leiden University Libraries) · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Adam's Peak (Sri Pada), Sri Lanka by Anton8ondarev · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Sumela Monastery, Trabzon by Hamdigumus · CC0 · source
