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In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France - A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826-1845 (Paperback): Olivier Lebleu In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France - A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826-1845 (Paperback)
Olivier Lebleu; Translated by Cynthia T. Hahn
R856 Discovery Miles 8 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France - A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826-1845 (Hardcover): Olivier Lebleu In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France - A Chronicle of Giraffomania, 1826-1845 (Hardcover)
Olivier Lebleu; Translated by Cynthia T. Hahn
R2,152 Discovery Miles 21 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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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