Hedging can also be used to lock in a profit at the end of a parlay. Say you have bet a five-team parlay and the first four games have won. Instead of sweating the outcome of the fifth game, you could simply make a bet on the other team in the final game of your parlay.
Marco Polo. Marco Polo was an Italian merchant and explorer, famous for introducing Europeans to China and Central Asia. He inspired future travelers, including Christopher Columbus. Born presumably in the Republic of Venice around 1254, Marco Polo played an important role in cartography.
Venetian explorer and writer. The traveler and writer Marco Polo left Venice for Cathay (now China) in 1271, spent seventeen years in Kublai Khan's (1215 â 1294) empire, and returned to Venice in 1295.His account of his experiences is one of the most important travel documents ever written.olo, Marco (c. 1254â1324) Venetian traveller. In 1271, he accompanied his father and uncle on a trading mission along the Silk Road, arrving at the court of Kublai Khan, the Mongol Emperor of China, in c. 1275.