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World traveler in the 1300's. Incredible.

• douche 10y ago
  The Pax Mongolica[1] was actually a great heydey of trade and travel across Eurasia. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Mongolica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Mongolica
• HarryHirsch 10y ago
  The Ancients were not that primitive. There is the Periplus Maris Erythraei, a manual for traders that describes the ports of the Indian Ocean, from Zanzibar to Sri Lanka. These are the ports that were regularly visited by merchantmen on trading voyages. More adventurous characters might want to cut out the middleman and sail further to China, whose existence is mentioned in the same text. 700 years prior Pharao Necho II outfitted an expedition to sail around the African continent, for no other reason than research. http://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodotus/herodotus-on-the-first-circumnavigation-of-africa/ http://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodotus/herodotus-on...
• ekianjo 10y ago
  Ancient Greeks were already world travelers. Look at Herodotus and his list of 7 wonders (the real, original one).
• trgn 10y ago
  The most famous one being Marco Polo of course. From his descriptions of the Khan's empire, he's practically tripping over the foreigners. Turks, Arabs ("Saracens"), Indians, Tartars, "Latins" (ie. europeans), all traveling Eurasia.