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- Title
- Notizie sulla giraffa e descrizione di quella giunta in Venezia
- Description
- In 1827 Muḥammad ʻAlī Bāshā, Governor of Egypt, sent three giraffes as diplomatic gifts to various European rulers. This giraffe was sent to Francis I, Emperor of Austria, and was in Venice for forty days in 1828, causing a giraffe "craze" before being sent on to the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Animal diplomacy is not uncommon—elephants, rhinoceroses, lions, and more have been gifted for thousands of years—and still happens to this day.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- Q. Cavagna 10504
- Full Title
- Notizie sulla giraffa e descrizione di quella giunta in Venezia nel mese di aprile dell'anno 1828: con tavola in rame.
- Date
- 1828
- From the Exhibit
- Building a Library: Social Life and Customs
- Publisher
- Presso Gio. Batista Missiaglia, al segno dell'Apollo
- Location
- Venice
- Language
- Italian
- Rights
-
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- Text
- Medium
- Book
- Bibliographic Citation
- Notizie sulla giraffa e descrizione di quella giunta in Venezia nel mese di aprile dell’anno 1828. Venice: Presso Gio. Batista Missiaglia, al segno dell’Apollo, [1828?]. Print.