…Odoric strikes across the mountains into Zhejiang…
1324 CE
…Odoric strikes across the mountains into Zhejiang and visits Hangzhou, at this time renowned, under the name of Cansay, Khanzai, or Quinsai (i.e.
Kin gsze or royal residence), as the greatest city in the world, of whose splendors Odoric, like Marco Polo, Marignolli, or Ibn Batuta, gives notable details.