Editing Marco Polo (section)

=== Commemoration ===
[[File:Lire 1000 (Marco Polo) - Front.jpg|thumb|Italian banknote issued in 1982, portraying Marco Polo]]
The ''[[Marco Polo sheep]]'', a subspecies of ''[[argali|Ovis ammon]]'', is named after the explorer,<ref>{{Harvnb|Bergreen|2007|p=74}}</ref> who described it during his crossing of [[Pamir Mountains|Pamir]] (ancient [[Mount Imeon]]) in 1271.{{refn|group="nb"|{{Harvnb|Yule|Cordier|1923|loc=ch.18}} states, "Then there are sheep here as big as asses; and their tails are so large and fat, that one tail shall weigh some 30&nbsp;lb. They are fine fat beasts, and afford capital mutton."}}

In 1851, a three-masted [[clipper]] built in Saint John, New Brunswick also took his name; the ''[[Marco Polo (1851 ship)|''Marco Polo'']]'' was the first ship to sail around the world in under six months.<ref>{{Harvnb|Lubbock|2008|p=86}}</ref>

The airport in [[Venice]] is named ''[[Venice Marco Polo Airport]]''.<ref>{{citation|last=Brennan |first=D. |title=Lost in Venice |publisher=WalesOnline |date=1 February 2009 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/travel/travel-news/2009/02/01/lost-in-venice-91466-22826493/ |access-date=15 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830062732/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/travel/travel-news/2009/02/01/lost-in-venice-91466-22826493/ |archive-date=30 August 2009 }}</ref>

The [[Frequent-flyer program|frequent flyer programme]] of Hong Kong [[flag carrier]] [[Cathay Pacific]] is known as the "''Marco Polo Club''".<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.cathayforbusiness.com/freqfly/marcopoloclub.asp|title=The Marco Polo Club|publisher=[[Cathay Pacific]] Airways Limited|author=Cathay Pacific Airways|access-date=13 July 2009|year=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825165330/http://www.cathayforbusiness.com/freqfly/marcopoloclub.asp|archive-date=25 August 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Croatian [[state-owned]] [[shipping company]]'s ([[Jadrolinija]]) ship connecting [[Split, Croatia|Split]] with [[Ancona]] in Italy is named after Marco Polo.<ref name="Jadrolinija">{{cite web|url=https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en/about-us/ships/ferries/ferries-for-coastal-and-international-shipping/marko-polo |title=  Marko Polo |publisher=[[Jadrolinija]] |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>