The Travels of Marco Polo · Location

Hormuz

Also known as Hormos, Ormus

  • port

A torrid Persian Gulf port where caravan routes meet the Indian Ocean shipping lane. Polo describes a low, hot trading city of ships, dates, and merchants bound for India and China.

Type
port
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 46
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

    A torrid Persian Gulf port where caravan routes meet the Indian Ocean shipping lane. Polo describes a low, hot trading city of ships, dates, and merchants bound for India and China.

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