From Sheberghan to Kashgar in the Travels of Marco Polo

PHILICA, Article No. 1100, ISSN 1751-3030, August 2017

5 Pages Posted: 15 Aug 2017

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Amelia Carolina Sparavigna

Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Applied Science and Technology

Date Written: August 13, 2017

Abstract

In a previous paper (Philica, Article 1097), we started an investigation concerning the travels of Marco Polo, using Google Earth and Wikimapia. In that article, we reconstructed the Polo’s journey from Beijing to Xanadu. Here we analyze his journey from Sapurgan, today Sheberghan in Afghanistan, to Cascar, the oasis city of Kashgar in Xinjiang. In particular, we are proposing a possible way for crossing the Pamir Mountains, after Polo’s words and roads, rivers and lakes displayed by Google Earth.

Keywords: Satellite Images, Google Earth, Wikimapia, Marco Polo, Afghanistan, Wakhan Corridor, Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang, China

Suggested Citation

Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina, From Sheberghan to Kashgar in the Travels of Marco Polo (August 13, 2017). PHILICA, Article No. 1100, ISSN 1751-3030, August 2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3018110

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna (Contact Author)

Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Applied Science and Technology ( email )

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