He or she creates a replica of a map used by your leading light. It will also include hazards, real or imaginary, feared at the time, such as pirates, robbers, monsters, dangerous reefs, and difficult mountain passes. This person is the log keeper. He or she will investigate primary source material from actual sources of your culture, if available. These will be quoted in your log, as descriptions of the events and experiences you have had along the journey you propose.
Examples are places seen, experiences had, people encountered, food eaten, etc.
Those inspirational people are Marco Polo, Mansa Musa, Ibn Battuta, Zheng He, and Vasco da Gama. Web Resources Marco Polo Explore the Silk Road that Marco Polo followed from Europe to China. Read another source about the Silk Road and read about camel caravans like those Marco Polo took from Europe to China. Be sure to read about the kinds of trade goods that camels carried. And pay attention to when the Silk Road was used the most and when it began to decline.