Referenced In

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

"whilst the King of Nubia was bound by treaty in 1275 to deliver to the Sultan three elephants, three giraffes, and five she-panthers."

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

"Maatum, or Nubia, ii. 431n"