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Allin, Michael Zarafa : A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris
Walker and Company 1998 0802713394 / 9780802713391 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition - Appears unread - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Price inside dustcover: $22.00 - 215 pages - Illustrated - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - 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/i chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early 19th century.
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Allin, Michael Zarafa : A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris
Walker and Company 1998 0802713394 / 9780802713391 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition - Appears unread - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Price inside dustcover: $22.00 - 215 pages - Illustrated - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - 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/i chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early 19th century.
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