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Clara's Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Clara's Grand Tour Travels with a Rhinoceros in EighteenthCentury Europe
Author: Glynis Ridley
In 1741, an enterprising Dutch sea captain transported a young, female Indian rhinoceros from Assam to Europe where she was displayed before everyone from peasants to princes. In an age before railways and modern roads, the three-ton Clara traveled in an enormous coach drawn by eight horses. For seventeen years she journeyed across mainland Euro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780871138835
ISBN-10: 0871138832
Publication Date: 2/2/2005
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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