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The Medici Giraffe
The Medici Giraffe
Author: Marina Belozerskaya
Did you know that when Julius Caesar first brought the giraffe to Europe, the stunned Romans called it camelopardalis, seeing it as a cross between a camel and a leopard? That in Renaissance Florence, the Medici, eager to present themselves as true princes, organized magnificent hunts with cheetahs, and staged animal combats in the Roman style? ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316525657
ISBN-10: 0316525650
Publication Date: 8/21/2006
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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