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In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France: A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826-1845

In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France: A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826-1845

Lebleu, Olivier
Hahn, Cynthia T.

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African HistoryFrench HistoryOther Animals

ISBN10: 1538142244
ISBN13: 9781538142240
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Aug 21 2020
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This engaging account traces the remarkable history of France's first giraffe, a diplomatic gift from Egyptian Pasha Muhammed-Ali to King Charles X in 1826. Zarafa, taken by boat from Egypt to Marseilles and walked all the way to Paris, was accompanied by her Arab handlers and a famous French naturalist. She drew vast crowds along her route, sparking a giraffomania that was widely documented in art and literature. Her initial journey and then long and celebrated residence in Paris encapsulates nineteenth-century French socio-political history and highlights the emerging evolutionary theories of the time. Over fifty illustrations from the period illuminate this rare encounter with a unique animal that is now endangered and deserving of our greater attention and understanding.

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