GitHub repository: lassl/marcopolo
Primary language: Python
Description: Marco Emilio Polo (/ˈmɑːrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/ (listen), Venetian: [ˈmaɾko ˈpolo], Italian: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo] (listen); c. 1254 – January 8, 1324)[1] was a Venetian merchant,[2][3] explorer, and writer from the Republic of Venice who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.