According to the official History of the Ming Dynasty, giraffes were presented as tribute to the Chinese emperor by various countries of the "South Sea" (including the Kingdom of Pangkela, today's Bangladesh) during the reigns of Yung Lo, Hsuan Te, and Cheng T'ung in the first half of the 15th century.
根據「明史」記載，明代永樂、宣德、正統年間，都有南洋遣使來貢長頸鹿的事，其中榜葛刺國曾進貢兩次，這就是今日的孟加拉國。