"Hormuz has an 'excellent harbor' to which merchants deliver spices, precious stones, silks, and other goods from India" Marco Polo mentioned in his Journal. Marco Polo wasn't impressed with the ships of these people, which are stitched together with coconut thread rather than being fastened by iron nails. Marco Polo is quite impressed with the effect of this city's date wine on the naive drinker: "When it is drunk by men who are not used to it, it loosens the bowels and makes a thorough purge; but after that it does them good and makes them put on flesh" (Polo 66-68). Marco Polo visited is twice and thought it was a really nice place.
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