Caption

Asia under the Mongols

Summary

This map indicates the advances of the Mongols in Eastern Europe and Asia. Inset graphs illustrate the ruins of Karakorum (Buddhist Monastery of Erdeni-tso) and Shang-Tu.

Legend indicates:

• Advances of Mongol Hordes
• Route of Marco Polo between 1271-1295 A.D.
• Other Routes
• Names of European travelers (mostly Marco Polo) marked with a star

Source

History and Commercial Atlas of China, Albert Herrmann, Ph.D., Harvard University Press, 1935.

See Huhai Website.

Copyright status

This work is believed to be in the public domain because its copyright is believed to have expired.

Series

This map is one in the series:

• Asia under the Mongols, 1290 A.D.
• Chinese abroad, ca. 1930 A.D.
• The Chinese Republic with Tibet and Mongolia c. 1935
• Modern China-Traffic and Communications, 20th Century
• The Manchu Empire and the European Powers, 1644-1912 A.D.
• Beginnings of the Mongol Empire-Boundaries of 1234 A.D.
• Foreign Religions in Central Asia and China up to the 14th Century A.D.