Zarafa
a giraffe's true story, from deep in Africa to the heart of Paris
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Word Count
53,750 words, Guess
Page Count
215 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL362873M
- ISBN-100802713394
- OCLC Control Number39147846
- OCLC Control Numberzarafagiraffestr0000alli
- Library of Congress Control Number98023091
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- LibraryThing322932
- Goodreads1891395
Classifications
- DDC599.638/092/9
- LCCQL737.U56 A53 1998
Description
In October 1826 a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck. In the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris, to the delight of thousands of onlookers. Zarafa chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early nineteenth century.
First Sentence
AT KHARTOUM, Shambat Bridge now spans the very beginning of the Nile.
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