Referenced In

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"(Sketch of the Singphos, or the Kakhyens of Burma, Calcutta, 1847, pp. 3–4.)"

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"…as a polite literary epithet, somewhat like 'City of Palaces' applied to Calcutta."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"This Borneo story has lately been brought forward in Calcutta, and stoutly maintained, on native evidence, by an English merchant."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"And another friend, Mr. Arthur Grote, tells me he had for some time at Calcutta a 4-horned sheep from Aden."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Referenced in the supplementary note: '…when seen in the streets of Calcutta in 1883, were at once recognised as Rakshasas."