[PDF.89tw] Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris

Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris

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 | #926060 in Books |  Delta |  1999-08-10 |  1999-08-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.30 x.60 x4.80l,.45 | File type: PDF | 228 pages

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||14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.| A fascinating journey through history, geography and zoology|By Jenny Hellekers|I nearly set this book aside, unread, when the author started talking about his personal fascination with snakes. What was this all about? I am so glad I skipped through is personal information and entered the world of Zarafa! I was enthralled by the descriptions of Africa and the 1800s... I fol|.com |Zarafa was a gentle 19th-century giraffe, a simple animal whose life was dictated by the tumultuous times around her. From the African savanna where she was caught and tamed as an infant, Zarafa was shipped down the Nile--along with the meat of her mother

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...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris   |  Michael Allin. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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