Yang-chau, China (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"The Kin-sha Kiang or Upper course of the Great Yang-tzŭ, descending from Tibet to Yun-nan…"
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"…the only non-Chinese races found there now are the Si-fan and Lolos, near the Yalung and Yang-tzŭ Rivers."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"another force indeed marched direct upon Yang-chau."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"Happily, there is no doubt that this is Yang-chau, one of the oldest and most famous great cities of China."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"near the northern shore of the estuary of the Yang-tzŭ, which might be fairly described as three days from Tai-chau."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"I-ching hien is still the great port of the Yang-chau salt manufacture, for export by the Kiang and its branches to the interior provinces."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"For Friar Odoric states the revenue of Yang-chau in tomans of Balish, the latter unit being a sum in paper‐currency equivalent to a florin and a half."