Polo, Mar ‧ co /ˈmɑːkəʊ $ ˈmɑːr-/ BrE AmE
(?1254–1324) an Italian traveller whose writings gave Europeans their first knowledge of life in the ↑ Far East . He went to India, southeast Asia, and China, and spent several years working for the Chinese ↑ emperor ↑ Kublai Khan .