Bengal, India (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal
by William Beckford"with broad straw‐hats, like bonzes or talapoins, looking as sunburnt, vacant, and listless, as the inhabitants of Ormus or Bengal;"
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"LI. —Wherein is related how the King of Mien and Bangala vowed vengeance against the Great Kaan 98 Notes.—2. Mien or Burma. Why the King may have been called King of Bengal also."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"the title of 'King of Bengal,' which is attributed to the Burmese king in the text"
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"…a small tribe called Birhōrs, existing in the wildest parts of Chota Nagpúr and Jashpúr, west of Bengal…"
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"the merchants traded to all the Eastern ports as far as Bengal, Pegu, and the Archipelago."
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano"Mulberry-bark paper is ascribed to Bengal in the Si yang ch’ao kung tien lu by Wu Kiën-hwang, published in 1520."