Asian Geographic – Special Edition 2017-2018

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“Travelling – it leaves you

speechless, then turns

you into a storyteller”

Ibn Battuta

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TO SPAIN

FROM MOROCCO

ASIA

EUROPE

AFRICA

Indian

Ocean

Atlantic

Ocean

Bay of

Bengal

Arabian

Sea

Black Sea

Mediterranean

Sea

Caspian

Sea

MADAGASCAR

SAUDI ARABIA

Cape of Good Hope

MOZAMBIQUE

Aden

KENYA

Calicut

Quilon

Ceylon

Kamarupa

Bodhgaya

Venice

Aleppo

Gaza Damascus

New Sarai

Bukhara Samarkand

Delhi

Kabul

Kerch

Constantinople

Cairo

Mecca

Medina

Alexandria

Hormuz

Muscat

FR

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Vasco Da Gama
portuGal
1460–1469
The Portuguese explorer ventured
out of Lisbon to find a maritime
route to the East. After successfully
doing so, he subsequently made
two other voyages to India
MARCO POLO
itA Ly
1254–1324
The Venetian merchant travelled
on the Silk Road – further than any
of his predecessors. His journey to
China lasted 24 years. He became
a confidant of Kublai Khan
Ferdinand Magellan
portugal
1480–1521
Magellan was the first European
to cross the Pacific Ocean. In 1519,
he set out from Spain with five ships
to discover a western sea route to
the Spice Islands
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