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9780802713391

Michael Allin

ISBN 10: 0802713394 / 0-8027-1339-4
ISBN 13: 9780802713391
Publisher: Walker & Co
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover

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In October 1826 a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck. In the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris, to the delight of thousands of onlookers. Zarafa chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early nineteenth century.

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Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris (ISBN: 0802713394 / 0-8027-1339-4)
Allin, Michael

ISBN 10: 0802713394
ISBN 13: 9780802713391

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Book Description: Walker & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 2nd printing. Bookseller Inventory # 007817

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