Datong 大同

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by Sally K Church

In the context of Odoric of Pordenone's Travels:

Departing from that land of Cathay and traveling westward for fifty days through many cities and towns, I arrived at the country of Prester John; but as regards him not one hundredth part is true of what is told of him as if it were undeniable. His principal city is called TOZAN, and chief city though it is, Vicenza would be reckoned its superior. He has, however, many other cities under him, and by a standing compact always receives to wife the Great Khan's daughter.

- Henry Yule, trans., The Travels of Odoric of Pordenone,
Chapter 44, pp. 244-246.