The Franciscan missionary Odoric of Pordenone had …
Years: 1324 - 1324
The Franciscan missionary Odoric of Pordenone had sailed from India in a junk to Sumatra, visiting various ports on the northern coast of that island, and thence to Java, to the coast (it would seem) of Borneo, to Champa (Indochina), and to Guangzhou (Canton), at this time known as Chin-Kalan or Great China (Mahachin).
From Guangzhou, …
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People
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- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Chinese Empire, Yüan, or Mongol, Dynasty
