Hormuz
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During Marco Polo's initial journey to Cathay, in the 1270s, he purchased a set of chess pieces in Hormuz which Barbara Wright would later call "magnificent". (TV: "The Singing Sands" [+]Part of Marco Polo, Loading...{"namedep":"The Singing Sands (2)","1":"Marco Polo (TV story)"})
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In the real world there are several places in Iran called Hormuz, however it is most likely that Marco Polo purchased them from the city in the Persian Gulf.
