Nan-tien, China (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"…the Shan Kingdom called by the Chinese Nan-Chao, which had subsisted in Yun-nan since 738."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"the stream that drains the Yung-ch’ang plain communicates with the Salwen by a river called the 'Nan-tien"
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"not to be confounded with the 'Nan-ting,' about 45 miles south of that city"
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"The more celebrated city of Nan-king did not bear that name in our traveller’s time."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"The battle took place, not in the Yung Ch’ang plain, but in the territory of the Shan Chief of Nan-tien. The official description of China under the Ming tells us that Nan-tien before its annexation by Kúblái Khan, bore the name of Nan Sung or Nang Sung..."