Departs China from Quanzhou
· Quanzhou, Fujian, Yuan Empire

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Marco, Niccolò, and Maffeo embarked with the party escorting the Mongol princess Kököchin to the Persian Ilkhanate. Scholarly reconstructions differ between early 1291 and early 1292; this card follows the explicitly dated Quanzhou source.